Son of A. Teles, of Brits. His headstone is marked SELES but the force number comes up as TELES. All other details match up.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 09 May 2026: 84611912BG Rifleman José Manual Teles, South African Infantry Corps, died of disease in Hospital, age 25. Surname on grave headstone incorrectly given as Seles. ROH unit is 32 Battalion; first name is Jose Manual (not overwritten).
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("32 (Buffalo) Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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".
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 09 May 2026: 84611912BG Rifleman José Manual Teles, South African Infantry Corps, died of disease in Hospital, age 25. Surname on grave headstone incorrectly given as Seles. ROH unit is 32 Battalion; first name is Jose Manual (not overwritten).
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