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Identity
Person No.
33233
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
H P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,079
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Cause of death not established
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Major
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Operation
Operation
Dates
1983-12-09 to 1984-01-19
About
Major SADF operation into southern Angola against SWAPO and, for the first time on this scale, directly-engaged FAPLA forces around Cuvelai and Cahama; unexpectedly heavy FAPLA/Cuban resistance and losses on both sides contributed to the diplomatic track that produced the February 1984 Lusaka Accord.
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Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 80385537BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "TERBLANCHE, EUGENE CEDRIC" (RFN, Sterf 21 03 84), matching PersonNumber 33232 (Terblanche, DateDeath 1984-03-21) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "80385537BG". 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.
FirstName contamination fixed 31 Aug 2026 (systemic full-table scan): FirstName ("Eugene Cedric") was copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 33232 ("Terblanche, Eugene Cedric", initials E C) -- this record's own stored initials (H P) don't match "Eugene Cedric" at all. Confirmed by the existing 25 Aug 2026 SN CORRECTION note on this record, which already identified PersonNumber 33232 as the true owner of this record's copied ServiceNo via the same external source. Cleared back to unknown rather than guessed.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("6 South African Infantry Battalion") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
7 Sep 2026: CauseDeath was a forward-fill copy from PN 33232 (Terblanche, Eugene Cedric (E C)), an unrelated record -- cleared as contamination (CauseDeath-contamination scan, data/causedeath-contamination-scan-2026-09-07.md, batch 2), not a real cause.
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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