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Identity
Person No.
49715
Service No.
641236
Last Name
First Name
Petrus
Initials
P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 756
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of meningitis, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital. (formerly service in WW2, N/69333 Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, Transferred from the NMC to the BLS after the war)
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Bantu Labour Services Auxiliary
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), row Sheet3:3322, imported 16 Sep 2026. Credited to The South Africa War Graves Project (southafricawargraves.org) unless his entry says otherwise. NEW ROH record -- no match on the roll by service number, by surname with date, or on a widened surname-plus-year check. Mike's entry verbatim:
"14 Jun 1953: 641236 Petrus Mqwati from the Bantu Labour Services Auxiliary Died of meningitis, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital. He was 38. (formerly service in WW2, N/69333 Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, Transferred from the NMC to the BLS after the war)."
21 Sep 2026: CauseDeath trimmed to the circumstance of death alone. On import it had been set to Mike Sandham's entire entry, repeating the date, service number, rank, name and unit that this record already holds in its own fields. His wording is quoted verbatim in the citation above, so nothing is lost. Defect found when Graham du Toit's Last Post of 21 Sep 2026 independently confirmed one of these records, Sikirila 49773.

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