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Identity
Person No.
32814
Old ROH no.
1260
Service No.
83448902BG
Last Name
First Name
Gary Edward
Initials
G E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Cause code
ACC 1,586
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak accident, at Ehomba. Road scraper rode over him
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sapper
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,856
South African Defence Force
Unit History
Role at time of death
Engineers (Construction)
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Per John, 4 Sep 2026: 1 Construction Regiment is a Permanent Force (Regular) unit -- no Wikipedia source found for this one; confirmed directly.
Notes

Son of Mrs. D. H. Allam, of East London.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "1 Construction Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 5 Sep 2026: ServiceNo given as 83448920BG -- differs from this record's 83448902BG by a likely digit transposition (02/20); not resolved, flagged for review. Adds that this was during construction of the new 102 Battalion SWATF Base at Ehomba in the Kaokoveld, which replaced an earlier base originally at Sodoliet.
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 ServiceNo 83448920BG against this record's 83448902BG. The two numbers differ by only 2 digit(s), so one is a transcription slip -- but nothing here says which, and this record is not part of any shared-number run. Not resolved. Flagged, not changed.
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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