Fourie , Jacobus Herculaas (J H)

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Sep 2026: 05454145PE Warrant Officer Class II Jacobus Herculaas Fourie, 2 Field Engineer Regiment, died of oesophageal cancer in the Bloemfontein National Hospital, age 48. New ROH record; not found on prior local ROH by SN or name+DoD.
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 15 SEPTEMBER (mailed 15 Sep 2026, credited South Africa War Graves Project): 05454145PE Adjutant Officer Class II Jacobus Herculaas Fourie, 2 Field Engineer Regiment, South African Corps of Engineers, died of oesophageal cancer at Bloemfontein National Hospital, age 48. SN/date/age/cause already matched from Graham's same-day post. CORRECTED: Rank "Warrant Officer Class II" -> "Adjutant Officer Class II" per SAWGP. Corps added: South African Engineer Corps (2687), matching this ROH's existing convention for other 2 Field Engineer Regiment records (SAWGP's own wording, "South African Corps of Engineers", is the same corps under a different word order).
CORRECTION to the above: John pointed out the SADF used a bilingual rank system where the same rank had both an English and an Afrikaans official name (e.g. Warrant Officer Class II = Adjudant-offisier Klas II), not two different ranks. Fact-checked and confirmed. SAWGP's "Adjutant Officer Class II" is an anglicised transcription of the Afrikaans "Adjudant-offisier Klas II", not a different/corrected rank -- Rank reverted to "Warrant Officer Class II" (RankID 54, unchanged from Graham's original post). The Corps addition (South African Engineer Corps) stands, that was never in question. New Rank.RankAfrikaans column and lookup added (migration 69, include/rankLookup.php) to catch this automatically in future enrichment passes.