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Identity
Person No.
29518
Old ROH no.
125
Service No.
70306568N
Last Name
Bosman 22
First Name
Christo
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1954 (±1 yr) 319
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
09 October 1978 179
Cause code
DROW 1,206
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned 1,088
Drowned, lost at sea, about 7 miles west of Walvis Bay. While busy with minesweeping exercises, his foot became entangled in a cable holding a marker buoy and he was dragged overboard
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Sub Lieutenant
Regiment
SAS Walvisbaai 1
Corps
South African Navy 439
Unit
SAS Walvisbaai 1
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Body not recovered 79
Memorial
1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)
Names on 1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
On the panel
1978 Navy. Sole name on this photograph (Bosman C.)
Notes

Husband of Mrs. L. Bosman, of Wynberg, Cape Province.

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1978 Navy. Sole name on this photograph (Bosman C.). 26 Aug 2026: Corps from SAWGP Regiment South African Navy; Unit leftover "Witbank Commando" → SAS Walvisbaai (SAWGP Unit).
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Navy". Across the roll 787 records carried such a contradiction; judged against Corps and Regiment -- independent of both columns -- the evidence backed Branch 744 times and Unit2 not once. Branch is therefore kept and the contradicting word removed. Nothing is guessed: this man's branch of service is already recorded, and his sub-unit, if any, is simply not known.

Citations
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External References
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