Identity
Person No.
32912
Service No.
26
Last Name
First Name
William Henry
Initials
W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SUIC 385
Suicide
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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Locality
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Notes
Son of Mr. J. H. Shell, of Ladysmith. Husband of Mabel E. Shell. Served with 10th SAI and RFC in WW1.
Research notes
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, "Air Force". 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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