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Identity
Person No.
40701
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Rank
Flight Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
H.Q.
Defence Force
RSF 2,789
Rhodesian Security Forces
Notes

ref. "Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour 1966-1981", by Adrian Haggett and Gerry van Tonder.

Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "Police Anti Terrorist Unit" → Rhodesian Air Force (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "Rhodesian Air Force" (the specific squadron) moved to Regiment; "Rhodesian Air Force" (the force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
16 Sep 2026, ServiceNo contamination sweep: the stored ServiceNo '22467' was CLEARED. It was not a reading of this man's record. PersonNumbers 40700 to 40701 -- 2 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (40700, Fourie, Fritz N J (F N 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

***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file

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