Identity
Person No.
29689
Old ROH no.
194
Service No.
84247196BG
Last Name
First Name
Alan Veron
Initials
A V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on Pietersburg Highway
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Signalman
Regiment
2 Signals Regiment 16
Later renamed
2 Signal Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unit History
Role at time of death
Signals
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
South African Corps of Signals established 1923; 2 Signal Regiment listed under "Regular" (alongside 1, 3, 4, 5 Signal Regt), with 6 Signal Regt as the Reserve unit. Exact formation date for 2 Signal Regiment itself not given in the source.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Campbell
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "2 Signals Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" 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 "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 111-113 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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