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Identity
Person No.
33845
Old ROH no.
1652
Service No.
01506658E
Last Name
Weyers 7
First Name
Dietlof Ziegfried
Initials
D Z
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1942 (±1 yr) 128
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
13 August 1973 107
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident 289
Died in Shooting Incident, at Walvis Bay. He was struck by a ricochet during a combat shooting exercise when he inadvertently moved into a danger area while the drill was in progress
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Captain
Regiment
2 South African Infantry Battalion 50
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,863
Locality
Free State 737
Cemetery
BLOEMFONTEIN (SOUTHPARK) CEMETERY 50
Grave Reference
Grave 646 1
Unit History
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Regular
Notes

Husband of Mrs. J. M. Weyers, of Walvis Bay.

Research notes

DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "15 08 73" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (01506658E) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1973-08-13). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
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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