Van Bosch , Johannes Petrus Lodewickus (J P L)

DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "08 01 83" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (05553276PE) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1983-09-01). Not overwritten, flagged for reference. 26 Aug 2026: Regiment "Sector 2" → Sector 20 (SAWGP Regiment).
Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 1 Sep 2026: WO2 J.P.L. van Bosch, South African Engineer Corps attd. Sector 20 HQ, head-on military vehicle collision on the Rundu-Bagani Road, age 48. Corroborates ROH's stored 1983-09-01 date against the 25 Aug 2026 date-discrepancy flag (a SADF PDF gave a conflicting Sterf date) -- Graham independently confirms 1 September.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added -- database-wide sweep for SADF Border War operational-area deaths within the medal's gazetted window (25 Jun 1976 - 27 Apr 2003), per the warrant's died-before-qualifying-period provision. See PersonAward.Citation for the gazette references.
14 Sep 2026: Pro Patria Medal added earlier today REVERTED -- John obtained the actual Government Gazette (GG 5171/5575); the "died before completing the qualifying period" provision relied on does not exist in the primary text (it was a secondary-source claim). Actual Rule 5 requires (a) combat/enemy-caused incident, (b) a Ministerially-acknowledged operation (clasp), or (c) 55+ continuous/90+ non-continuous days in an operational area -- none of which this record's cause of death clearly demonstrates.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Corps -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.