Marais , Charles Johannes (C J)

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "8 SAI Bn" → Witwatersrand Command (SAWGP Unit).
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 ("Witwatersrand Command") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: filled Corps, Rank, RankID -- each of these was EMPTY on this record and no existing value was changed. Derived fields recomputed inline where applicable.
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 88344049 -> P/18174. The stored number was contamination, not a reading of this man's record: PersonNumbers 41626 to 41628 -- 3 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number 88344049, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (41626, Cloete, Johan (J)). 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.