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Identity
Person No.
33778
Service No.
76333509PE
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Johannes
Initials
J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Signaller
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Notes

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Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 80406630BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "VORSTER, GORGE DIEDERICK" (L CPL, Sterf 27 02 84), matching PersonNumber 33777 (Vorster, DateDeath 1984-02-27) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "80406630BG". 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.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("Provost Unit") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
7 Sep 2026: CauseDeath was a forward-fill copy from PN 33777 (Vorster, George Diederick (G D)), an unrelated record -- cleared as contamination (CauseDeath-contamination scan, data/causedeath-contamination-scan-2026-09-07.md, batch 2), not a real cause.
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, ServiceNo -- 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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