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Identity
Person No.
32428
Old ROH no.
1109
Service No.
6315406
Last Name
Parsons 16
First Name
Leonard Edward
Initials
L E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1947 (±1 yr) 174
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
23 March 1965 143
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, electrical shock
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Eastern Province Command 7
Unit
Western Air Command 4
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Panel 01 28
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Panel 1
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Part of
Territorial Commands
Notes

Son of Mrs. G. M. W. Parsons.

Research notes

Gunners Association RoH lists them (South African Border War 1965 Gunner L.E. Parsons) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
on 17 February 2002 · via source
33639 Cpl. B B Barlow, died 23rd December 1941, killed in action at Bardia. Buried in the Halfaya-Sollum cemetery.
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