St. John Ayre , Cecil Derrick (C D)

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 85224475BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "SPROWSON, SHAUN ANTHONY" (PTE, Sterf 07 09 86), matching PersonNumber 33060 (Sprowson, DateDeath 1986-09-07) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "85224475BG". 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.
UNIT CORRECTION 1 Sep 2026: cleared Unit="16 Maintenance Unit" -- this value is a shared placeholder on 26 otherwise-unrelated records spanning 1952-2000+, almost all with no Regiment set. This record's own CauseDeath text ("when the Regiment was in camp in Potchefstroom") and Regiment="Natal Carbineers" already identify his real unit; a rear-echelon maintenance unit does not fit an infantry Lance Corporal in a Natal Carbineers camp. Not investigated further for the other 25 affected records.
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".