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Identity
Person No.
33513
Old ROH no.
2072
Service No.
76285188BG
Last Name
Van Hamersveld 1
First Name
Ronald Christo
Initials
R C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1961 (±1 yr) 381
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
04 May 1981 135
Cause code
MVA 2,635
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident 1,764
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Pretoria
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Signalman
Regiment
2 Signal Regiment 5
Formerly 2 Signals Regiment
Corps
South African Corps of Signals 356
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,838
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Signals
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Same organisation as "2 Signals Regiment" (OrgEntityID 2334, this pass) -- a text variant. See that entry for sourcing.
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. van Hamersveld

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Signal Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
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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