Identity
Person No.
33197
Service No.
P6083
Last Name
First Name
Claude Elias
Initials
C E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, collided with Tiger Moth ZS-AKS near Voortrekkerhoogte, in Avro 621 Tutor #728
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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Unit History
Part of
South African Air Force (organigram)
category
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Tahan, of Marseilles, Orange Free State. ref. 85 years of SAAF
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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