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Identity
Person No.
49718
Service No.
05481445PE
Last Name
First Name
Frank William
Initials
F W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Cause code
NAT 756
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of chronic kidney failure, in Bloemfontein
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Warrant Officer Class II
Regiment
7 Base Ordnance Depot
Corps
South African Ordnance Services Corps
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), row Sheet3:6626, 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 Dec 1977: 05481445PE Adjutant Officer Class II Frank William Cato from 7 Base Ordnance Depot, South African Ordnance Services Corps Died of chronic kidney failure, in Bloemfontein. He was 34."
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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