McPHAIL , Robert Ray (R R)

4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("Air Force Gymnasium") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 6 Sep 2026: confirmed name/rank/date/age/cause. NOT resolved: post says "from the South African Army"; this record's Unit is "Air Force Gymnasium" (an SAAF establishment) -- flagged, not overwritten (Force=SADF is correct either way).
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: ServiceNo CORRECTED P/15347 -> P/9554. The stored number was contamination, not a reading of this man's record: PersonNumbers 41568 to 41575 -- 8 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number P/15347, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (41568, Janse Van Rensburg, Karel Wilhelm (K W)). A value repeated down a consecutive block of PersonNumbers is a forward-fill import artefact, not men who shared a service number. Mike's log supplies a different and plausible number for this man specifically, so the stored value is known-wrong regardless of whether the replacement proves exact. The displaced value is recorded here.