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Identity
Person No.
49742
Service No.
75531879BG
Last Name
First Name
Kevin John
Initials
K J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 756
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in Private Motorbike Accident, on 22 June between Grahamstown and East London
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Corps
South African Infantry 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 Sheet3:3598, 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:
"28 Jun 1979: 75531879BG Rifleman Kevin John Tree from 6 South African Infantry Battalion, South African Infantry Corps Died of injuries, received in Private Motorbike Accident, on 22 June between Grahamstown and East London. He was 20."
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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