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Identity
Person No.
33239
Old ROH no.
1407
Service No.
78435450PE
Last Name
Terburgh 1
First Name
Pieter Johannes
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1962 (±1 yr) 352
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
08 August 1983 133
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Killed in aircraft accident, near Verwoerdburg, in Atlas MB326M Impala Mk I #487
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
40 Squadron 57
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,830
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
MEYERTON CEMETERY 6
Grave Reference
Grave 1389 1
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Mr. B. D. Terbergh, of Vereeniging. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "40 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
on 24 October 2008 · via source
Lt L Jacobs and L/Cpl P J Terburgh was killed on 07 Aug 83 in Impala Mk I (No 487)
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