Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2026: "08003188PE Sergeant Andries Lourens du Preez from 8 SAI collapsed and died in Upington after suffering a fatal heart attack. He was 50." NEW ROH record -- the service number appears nowhere on the roll, and none of the 84 du Preez records here carries these forenames with this date.
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 26 SEPTEMBER (26 Sep 2026), quoting the South African War Graves Project: "08003188PE Sergeant Andries Lourens du Preez from 8 South African Infantry Battalion, South African Infantry Corps Died of heart attack, at Upington. He was 50." CONFIRMED hours after this record was created from Graham, and in every particular.
- It also confirms the corps outright. Graham gave only "8 SAI"; the South African Infantry Corps was recorded here on the strength of that unit. Mike names it, so it is no longer an inference -- the same thing that happened with van der Merwe 49833 yesterday.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 26 Sep 2026
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Mike Sandham
Mike Sandham OMISSIONS 26 Sep 2026
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