Shorty (T)

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 78460649PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "SHORT, TIMOTHY DAVID" (LT, Sterf 16 11 83), matching PersonNumber 32936 (Short, DateDeath 1983-11-16) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "78460649PE". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
7 Sep 2026: CauseDeath was a forward-fill copy from PN 32936 (Short, Timothy David (T D)), an unrelated record -- cleared as contamination (CauseDeath-contamination scan, data/causedeath-contamination-scan-2026-09-07.md, batch 2), not a real cause.

10 Sep 2026: Renamed away from 31 (Bushman) Battalion label; Unit set by Mike Sandham dating rule (31 Bn outside 1 Aug 1980-1 Jun 1989 window, else 201 Bn).
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".
Database-wide FirstName/Age contamination sweep (extension), 28 Sep 2026: FirstName 'Timothy David' and Age 21 were forward-filled from PersonNumber 32936 down a contiguous run of 2 records -- this record's own LastName ('Shorty'), Initials ('T'), ServiceNo ('') and DateDeath ('1977-01-01') are all genuinely distinct, confirming a different real person whose FirstName/Age were simply never captured. Unlike the first pass of this sweep, Unit is NOT touched here -- it is not part of this contamination (see the Unit-restoration correction on the related run) and this record's own Unit ('31 Battalion') is left exactly as found. FirstName and Age CLEARED; no replacement guessed.