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Identity
Person No.
35466
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Luther 3
First Name
Richard Thomas
Initials
R T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1880 (±1 yr) 397
Age at Death
44
Death Record
Date of Death
26 July 1924 121
Cause code
DUTY 1,421
Died on duty
Cause of Death
Died on duty (SAP) 1,378
Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police
Military Service
Rank
Detective Sergeant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
CID Marshall Square 5
Secondary Unit
South African Police
Defence Force
SAP 3,731
South African Police
Location
Country
South Africa 23,866
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY 455
Grave Reference
Police Sec Grave 4 1
Coordinates
-26.19806, 28.01538 OSM
Notes

No additional information known at this time

Research notes


16 Sep 2026, ServiceNo contamination sweep: the stored ServiceNo '479173-8' was CLEARED. It was not a reading of this man's record. PersonNumbers 35465 to 35466 -- 2 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (35465, Luphoko, Johan Mfanufikile (D J)). A value repeated down an unbroken block of PersonNumbers is a forward-fill import artefact, not men who shared a service number; the pattern holds across 850 such runs on this roll and is independently confirmed by Mike Sandham's research log, which attaches such numbers to the head of the run 167 times against 6 contradictions (all examined). No replacement is guessed: this man's real service number is simply not known, and a blank field says so honestly where another man's number did not.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
on 05 July 2011 · via source
It is believe this soldier is Charles Evens Sherratt, son of Thomas Sherratt and Emma (Evens). Brother of Thomas Henry Sherratt. Charles was born 1858 in Stepney Wendy Sherratt Hogan
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