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Identity
Person No.
33697
Service No.
75397075
Last Name
Venter 146
First Name
Rholot Roderick
Initials
R R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1959 (±1 yr) 444
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
25 March 1977 147
Cause code
NAT 763
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of cardiac disease 352
Died of heart failure, collapsed at Youngsfield Military Base, died en route to hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
10 Anti Aircraft Regiment 15
Corps
South African Artillery 719
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,852
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
SENEKAL OLD CEMETERY 10
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 2
Coordinates
-28.31378, 27.62149 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Air Defence Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Listed under the regular subsection of the SA Army Air Defence Artillery Formation. Exact formation date not given in the source.
Notes

Son of Dr. A. A. Venter, of Senekal.

Research notes


4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "10 Anti Aircraft Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Rank, RankID -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
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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