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Identity
Person No.
33268
Old ROH no.
34900
Service No.
82532086PE
Last Name
First Name
James Allan
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Rank
Lieutenant
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,287
South African Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,190
Drowned
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned with two others when they got into difficulties while swimming through one of the sluices at Cuquleti near the Calueque Dam. The Lieutenant jumped into a tube with a rope tied around it in an attempt to save the other two but the rope separated and he was also sucked into the sluice and drowned. Despite an intensive search over the next few weeks, only the body of Rifleman Howse was recovered. Lieutenant Thomas and Lance Corporal Dorfling have no known grave and remain unaccounted for
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
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Notes

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