Identity
Person No.
33657
Service No.
86285970
Last Name
First Name
Jan Jacob Christiaan
Initials
J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Slipped and struck his head while on route to OS School at Youngsfield
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SANDF 1,022
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Ref SANDF 1998 RoH
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("Hq") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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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