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Identity
Person No.
32751
Service No.
81126054BG
Last Name
First Name
Alfred Robert
Initials
A R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Cause code
Cause of Death
Died of Wounds after being accidentally shot in the stomach with an R4 Assault Rifle by a Leading Marine while on patrol in the Caprivi Strip; casevaced by air towards Katima Mulilo but died aboard the casevac helicopter
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
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

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Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 1 Sep 2026 names this ServiceNo's holder 'Alfred Robert Roux', matching the stored initials '(A R)' exactly. ROH's FirstName was 'Anton Geno' -- identical text to the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 32750 ('Roux, Anton Geno (A G)', died 1982, different ServiceNo) -- clear data contamination, same pattern as Navaros/32167 and others found this session. Corrected to Alfred Robert; CauseDeath enriched with Graham's fuller Died-of-Wounds narrative (previously the terser 'Died in Shooting Incident'). Age left at ROH's existing 20 vs Graham's 18 -- not changed, flagged for manual review.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
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 18 against this record's 20. 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. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Navy". 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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