Identity
Person No.
32936
Old ROH no.
1294
Service No.
78460649PE
Last Name
First Name
Timothy David
Initials
T D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident. Atlas MB326KM Impala Mk II #1083 crashed into the sea, 5km off Brighton Beach, Durban
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mr. M. H. Short, of Kendrew, CP. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "6 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" 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 "Air Force".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
SADF.info Border Roll of Honour
open source ↗
SADF.info Border RoH
- 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), page 13 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 1
Lt Short died on 16 Nov 83 in Impala Mk II (No 1083) crash near Durban Johan Meyer
Dedications
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