Identity
Person No.
41792
Service No.
05540018PC
Last Name
First Name
Schalk
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of bullet wound to the head (suspected suicide), at his home in the SACC Married Quarters, Eersterivier
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Secondary Unit
H.Q.
Defence Force
SADF 3,821
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Husband of Elizabeth Maria van der Sandt (nee Braaf), of House 169, SACC Battalion, Eersterivier.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
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