Identity
Person No.
49272
Service No.
75543868PE
Last Name
First Name
Jacobus Petrus
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,588
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Private Motorbike Accident, at Ladismith, Cape Province, while on leave
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Notes
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Research notes
Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 30 Aug 2026 and Mike Sandham, 30 Aug 2026 omissions mail, sourced to South Africa War Graves Project: Able Seaman Jacobus Petrus de Wet from SAS Hugo Biermann (formerly SAS Saldanha), South African Navy. New ROH record. Sandham notes this ServiceNo is 'allocated to 3 persons' per SAWGP's own site -- not currently a collision in this ROH (no other record here yet holds 75543868PE) but flagged in case others are added later. Unit stored as 'SAS Saldanha' (the name at an earlier/later era per Sandham's 'formerly' note) rather than creating a separate 'SAS Hugo Biermann' entity without further research.
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