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Identity
Person No.
32634
Old ROH no.
1759
Service No.
79200606BG
Last Name
First Name
Michael Johannes
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,640
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, 26 km fron Messina on the Louis Trichardt-Messina Rd. The tyre blew and the vehicle crashed
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
SADF 3,848
South African Defence Force
Notes

Son of Mrs. M. Range, of Ladysmith.

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "2 Special Service Battalion" → SADFI Pietersburg (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
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.

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