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Identity
Person No.
33672
Service No.
83481465
Last Name
First Name
Andre Taylor
Initials
A T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, near Fouriesburg, while on a weekend pass
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes

Son of Mrs. E. J. Goosen, of Ficksburg.

Research notes


6 Sep 2026: GraveRef was corrupted with the Mapai Puma 164 crash-site text ("Body not recovered - crash site coordinates are: S22 06' 48.2\" E31 39' 12.1\"") -- discovered while fixing that text's encoding on the genuine 17 Puma 164 casualties. This record's own DateDeath has nothing to do with that 6 Sep 1979 incident; the crash-site text does not belong here. Cleared rather than guessed -- the real GraveRef value is unknown. This record's own Cemetery/CemeteryLat/CemeteryLong were not affected and are 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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