Identity
Person No.
32805
Service No.
73299117BA
Last Name
First Name
Johannes Stephanus
Initials
J S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Pedestrian accident, hit and run, at Bloemfontein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Next of kin, Guardian Ds. H. S. Vorster
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Navy" 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.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 117-119 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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