Pati (I O P)

26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Armoured Corps; attachment attd. 44 Parachute Brigade.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("1 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (Operational Duty Post 1989 1993 Gunner I.O.P. Pati) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: dates of death differ -- Mike 1993-03-07 this record 1993-01-01. A gap of a few days commonly separates wounding from death, or a burial date from a death date. Flagged, not changed.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 22 against this record's 21 (a difference of one year, so most likely a birthday-not-yet-reached transcription difference rather than a real disagreement). This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Army".
Database-wide FirstName/Age contamination sweep (extension), 28 Sep 2026: FirstName 'Donald William' and Age 21 were forward-filled from PersonNumber 32432 down a contiguous run of 2 records -- this record's own LastName ('Pati'), Initials ('I O P'), ServiceNo ('91660639') and DateDeath ('1993-01-01') are all genuinely distinct, confirming a different real person whose FirstName/Age were simply never captured. Unlike the first pass of this sweep, Unit is NOT touched here -- it is not part of this contamination (see the Unit-restoration correction on the related run) and this record's own Unit ('1 South African Infantry Battalion') is left exactly as found. FirstName and Age CLEARED; no replacement guessed.