Identity
Person No.
33399
Service No.
P8480
Last Name
First Name
Daniel Adriaan
Initials
D A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned while on duty. While inspecting Seaplane tenders in the Durban harbour, he slipped and drowned in the Durban Bay
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Corporal
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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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Unit History
Part of
Notes
Husband of Mrs. M. H. van den Berg, of Pretoria.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "35 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 "Air Force" 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 "Air Force".
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