Identity
Person No.
32415
Old ROH no.
34821
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Robert Blackstock
Initials
R B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Police
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
Estate file MHG Ref. 48696, dated 1922, in the National Archives, Pretoria: Robert Blackstock OVENS
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 77492015BT cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "OTTO, MICHAEL DANIEL" (CPL, Sterf 20 07 82), matching PersonNumber 32412 (Otto, DateDeath 1982-07-20) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "77492015BT". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
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