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Identity
Person No.
29786
Old ROH no.
231
Service No.
P/20965
Last Name
Coetzee 157
First Name
Abraham Gert Willem
Initials
A G W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1939 (±1 yr) 101
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
08 August 1963 133
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Stettynsberg mountains, in Avro Shackleton MR Mk 3 #1718
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
35 Squadron 26
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Western Cape 2,137
Cemetery
CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY 242
Grave Reference
Grave UJ. 143. 1
Coordinates
-34.02633, 18.4764 OSM
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Husband of Mrs. E. D. Coetzee, of Claremont, Cape Province.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "35 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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, "Air Force". 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
Stories 1
on 21 January 2010 · via source
Schackleton 1718 crashed in the Stetteynskloof mountains near Rawsonville in the Western Cape after encountering bad weather on a training exercise, with the loss of all 13 crew members. The aircraft was on it's way to join a Royal Navy ship taking part in "Capex"
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