Identity
Person No.
32547
Service No.
72205859
Last Name
First Name
Erasmus Christoffel
Initials
E C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, killed while playing "Russian Roulette" at a private house in Walvis Bay
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. P. A. C. Potgieter, of Virginia.
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" 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 "Air Force".
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