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Identity
Person No.
41864
Service No.
78670205PC
Last Name
First Name
Christopher Abraham
Initials
C A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,637
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident, head on collision between Eersterivier and Delft, 3 members died, at Eersterivier
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Secondary Unit
H.Q.
Defence Force
SADF 3,843
South African Defence Force
Location
Notes

Husband of Mrs. D. E. Paulsen, of Palm Street, Brakenfell

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 24 Aug 2026: confirms existing record (private MVA, head-on collision between Eersterivier and Delft, with Lee and Willemse). FirstName corrected "Christoper" -> "Christopher" (obvious typo, missing letter; Graham's spelling matches standard usage).
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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