Identity
Person No.
41808
Service No.
P/18276
Last Name
First Name
James Robert
Initials
J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, at a boarding house in Arcadia, Pretoria. He got involved in a fight with another man and during the scuffle, a verandah wall was pushed over which fell on him
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Signaller
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Secondary Unit
H.Q.
Defence Force
SADF 3,828
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Husband of Sophia Aletta Leslie, of 10th Avenue, Gezina.
Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Jul 2026: P/18276 Signaler James Robert Leslie, School of Signals, accidentally killed at a boarding house in Arcadia, Pretoria after a fight; verandah wall pushed over and fell on him, age 26. ROH rank is Signaller.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 22 against this record's 26. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Jul 2026: P/18276 Signaler James Robert Leslie, School of Signals, accidentally killed at a boarding house in Arcadia, Pretoria after a fight; verandah wall pushed over and fell on him, age 26. ROH rank is Signaller.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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