Identity
Person No.
33848
Service No.
P/16468
Last Name
First Name
Alfred Henry
Initials
A H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received while helping his friends to start their car, he was pushing from behind and jumped on the rear bumper when the car started to roll forward. When the engine caught, he was thrown off and suffered head injuries. He died in the Military Hospital at Pretoria
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Mechanic
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Defence Force
SADF 3,839
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. A. E. Whiley, of Springs. Not in SAAF book
Research notes
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Air Force". 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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