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Identity
Person No.
33515
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Van Heerden 99
First Name
David Hercules
Initials
D H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1915 (±1 yr) 447
Age at Death
39
Death Record
Date of Death
12 July 1954 98
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,448
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Medical Corps 535
Unit
7 South African Infantry Battalion 15
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,851
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY 424
Grave Reference
Cremated at Braamfontein. Ashes were "Retained" 1
Coordinates
-25.80165, 28.12721 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Son of Carel David and Engela Helena (nee Coetzer) van Heerden. Husband of Molly (nee Etherton) van Heerden. Husband of Wilhelmina Christina (nee Swanepoel) van Heerden. Thomas was married twice, first with Molly Etherton (unknown if she died or divorced)

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 89441992BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "VAN HEERDEN, BRUCE ALBERT" (RFN, Sterf 03 08 91), matching PersonNumber 33514 (Van Heerden, DateDeath 1991-08-03) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "89441992BG". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.

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