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Identity
Person No.
49835
Service No.
87757779HG
Last Name
First Name
Petros Bongani
Initials
P B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Cause code
NAT 758
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Suffered a heart attack and died shortly after admission to 1 Military Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,825
South African Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 25 Sep 2026: "87757779HG Rifleman Petros Bongani Khosa from the South African Infantry Corps attached to the Natal Command Signals Unit, suffered a heart attack and died shortly after admission to 1 Military Hospital. He was 23." NEW ROH record -- no Petros Bongani Khosa on the roll; the Khosa surnames here belong to later SAPS deaths.
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 25 SEPTEMBER (25 Sep 2026), quoting the South African War Graves Project: "87757779HG Rifleman Petros Bongani Khosa from Natal Command Signals Unit, South African Corps of Signals Died of heart attack, at 1 Military Hospital. He was 23." Confirms the service number, rank, forenames, surname, unit, cause, place and age.
- CORPS CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED. This record holds South African Infantry Corps, following Graham: "from the South African Infantry Corps attached to the Natal Command Signals Unit". Mike gives South African Corps of Signals. Both readings are internally coherent -- a man of one corps can be attached to another's unit, which is exactly what Graham describes, while Mike has him of the corps that owns the unit. Nothing here settles which is right, so the stored value stands and the disagreement is recorded.

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