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Identity
Person No.
32575
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Daniel
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Collapsed and died after suffering a fatal heart attack
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Secondary Unit
"D" Squadron
Defence Force
SADF 3,836
South African Defence Force
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes

Cleared stolen ServiceNo 79551099BG (belongs to Pretorius P.D. PN 32574, 4 SAI, 1984-01-04; this record is 1959).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("4 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.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Sep 2026: Lieutenant Pieter Johannes Pretorius, South African Army, collapsed and died after suffering a fatal heart attack, age 46. CauseDeath enriched (was generic "Died on active service"). CONFLICTS flagged, not changed: Graham gives FirstName "Pieter Johannes" (matching the stored Initials "P J" better than the stored FirstName "Pieter Daniel" does -- possible FirstName contamination, not resolved here) and age 46 vs stored Age 20 (a large discrepancy, not resolved).
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 46 against this record's 20. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.

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Stories 1
on 17 March 2007 · via source
Killed on railway line. 3-3-1900 In "Vir vryheid en reg" bls. 117 Dirk Schellingerhout
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