Herbert , Neil John (N J)

Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 19 SEPTEMBER (mailed 19 Sep 2026, credited The South Africa War Graves Project unless otherwise specified): "19 Sep 1978: 7201029PE Staff Sergeant Neil John Herbert, a member of the SADF Entertainment Section from the South African Defence Force Died of heart attack, in the ambulance en-route to 1 Military Hospital. He was 32." NEW ROH record -- no Herbert on the roll after 1945.
- SERVICE NUMBER FLAGGED BY MIKE HIMSELF: "Note by e-mail author: Force No 1 digit short." SADF numbers of this era run to eight digits before the two-letter suffix; 7201029PE has seven. Recorded exactly as he transcribed it rather than padded, since which digit is missing is unknown.