Identity
Person No.
33479
Service No.
74265059
Last Name
First Name
Martin William
Initials
M W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in a non military related shooting incident. Shot by a Railway Policeman while trespassing on Railway property
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mrs. M. L. van der Post, of Uis, South West Africa
Research notes
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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