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Identity
Person No.
41601
Service No.
P/50387
Last Name
First Name
George Sheppard
Initials
G S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,625
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motorcycle accident, skull fracture received when he fell from a motorcycle, at Pretoria Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Bandsman
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
South African Defence Force
Unit History
Notes

Born Transvaal. Resided at the Waterkloof Air Force Base. He was unmarried. Reportedly buried Johannesburg (Braamfontein) Cemetery

Research notes


Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Sep 2026: P/7365 Bandsman George Sheppard Honeyball, South African Air Force Gymnasium, skull fracture in private motorcycle accident at Pretoria, died shortly after admission to Pretoria Hospital, age 24. Rank/cause/place/age already matched. Unit CORRECTED (John, 13 Sep 2026): "South African Medical Corps" (4373) -> Air Force Gymnasium (2288), per Graham. Used the existing "Air Force Gymnasium" OrgEntity (already on 35 other records, e.g. Ehlers PN 30209) rather than creating a separate "South African Air Force Gymnasium" entity. Not on Bushwar same-day post.
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/7365 -> P/50387. The stored number was contamination, not a reading of this man's record: PersonNumbers 41600 to 41601 -- 2 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number P/7365, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (41600, Barnard, Jan Gerhardus (J G)). 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.

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***Accepted by CWGC for War Grave Status & burial site under investigation

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