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Identity
Person No.
33508
Old ROH no.
1464
Service No.
80493505BG
Last Name
First Name
Pieter Frederik
Initials
P F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of accidental injuries, grenade explosion at General De Wet Training Area
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Son of Mr. J. A. van Eeden

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 31 Aug 2026 names this ServiceNo's holder 'Pieter Frederik van Eeden', matching the stored initials '(P F)' exactly. ROH's FirstName was 'GABRIEL De WET' -- identical text to the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 33507 ('Van Eeden, Gabriel De Wet (G D W)', Air Defence School, died 1980) -- clear data contamination, same pattern as the Navaros/32167 case (25-28 Aug 2026). Corrected to Pieter Frederik, confirmed by Graham's account and the initials match.
Bushwar Books same-day post independently confirms age 19 (matching Graham, not ROH's prior stored 18) -- Age corrected to 19 on two-source agreement.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 18 against this record's 19 (a difference of one year, so most likely a birthday-not-yet-reached transcription difference rather than a real disagreement). This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". 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.

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