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Identity
Person No.
32718
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
H S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Unknown
Cause code
SUIC 383
Suicide
Cause of Death
Suicide ?
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma

Research notes

DateDeath was 1900/1901-01-01 SAWGP unknown-date placeholder; set to Unknown. EstBirthYear derived from that date cleared. SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 74313552BB cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "ROE, LIONEL ASHLEY" (L CPL, Sterf 01 12 78), matching PersonNumber 32717 (Roe, DateDeath 1978-12-01) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "74313552BB". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
FirstName contamination fixed 31 Aug 2026 (systemic full-table scan): FirstName ("Lionel Ashley") was copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 32717 ("Roe, Lionel Ashley", initials L A) -- this record's own stored initials (H S) don't match "Lionel Ashley" at all. Confirmed by the existing 25 Aug 2026 SN CORRECTION note on this record, which already identified PersonNumber 32717 as the true owner of this record's copied ServiceNo via the same external source. Cleared back to unknown rather than guessed.
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".

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