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Identity
Person No.
29630
Old ROH no.
168
Service No.
05518972PE
Last Name
Brummer 11
First Name
James Ross
Initials
J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1944 (±1 yr) 148
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
04 March 1968 109
Cause code
ACC 1,595
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident 255
Died in Freak Accident, while mounting a radio antenna on the roof of a hangar at AFB Langebaanweg. The asbestos roofing gave way and he fell to his death
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Leading Air Mechanic
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Air Operations School Langebaanweg 21
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
KwaZulu-Natal 1,589
Cemetery
EMPANGENI CEMETERY 6
Grave Reference
Grave 1438 1
Coordinates
-28.74207, 31.88554 OSM
Notes

Son of Mr. W. H. S. Brummer, of Kwa-Nbonambi, KwaZulu Natal. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 05518972PE Leading Air Mechanic James Ross Brummer, Air Operations School Langebaanweg, accidentally killed while mounting a radio antenna on the hangar roof at AFB Langebaanweg; asbestos roofing gave way and he fell to his death, age 24. Unit already AOS Langebaanweg. hanger corrected to hangar. Unit2 was Police — set to Air Force. | Also Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 05518972PE Leading Air Mechanic James Ross Brummer, Air Operations School Langebaanweg, hangar roof fall at AFB Langebaanweg, age 24.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".

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