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Identity
Person No.
49826
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
David
Initials
D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Cause code
MURD 455
Murdered
Cause of Death
Shot and killed during a cash-in-transit robbery by APLA operatives at Cleveland, Johannesburg
Military Service
Rank
Civilian
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
Unknown
Location
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 20 SEPTEMBER (mailed 20 Sep 2026, credited The South Africa War Graves Project unless otherwise specified): "20 Sep 1991: No record on South Africa War Graves Project. Two civilian private security guards Shot and killed during a cash-in-transit robbery by APLA operatives at Cleveland, Johannesburg, on 20 September 1991." NEW ROH record. NOT a SAWGP entry: Mike marks it as having no SAWGP record and sources it to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report (volume 7) and Bushwar Books.
- Three APLA members -- Edwin Simelane, Trevor Masilo and Thembinkosi Ngubeni -- were serving 28 years for killing two "Trust Cash" security guards, and were granted amnesty under AC/1999/0244.
- CIVILIAN, included under the roll's inclusive scope decision of 16 Sep 2026. No rank, service number or employer detail beyond "private security guard" is available.
- NAME CONFLICT, flagged not resolved: Mike's list gives "David Williams"; the Bushwar Books entry he cites alongside it gives "William Davids", aged 27. Forename and surname are transposed between the two readings and nothing here settles which is right. Recorded under Mike's form, with the age left blank rather than taken from the variant.

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