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Identity
Person No.
29858
Service No.
68459957BG
Last Name
First Name
Trevor C
Initials
T C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Private Vehicle Accident while returning to the unit after a weekend pass. Accident occurred at Howsens Poort, south of Grahamstown
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Cowie, of Port Elizabeth

Research notes


Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Sep 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 12 September (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-12-september/ 68459957BG Rfn Trevor Cowie, 6 SAI, private MVA Howsens Poort south of Grahamstown returning from weekend pass, age 18. ServiceNo +BG suffix. FirstName stored "Trevor C" vs Graham "Trevor" — initials T C left. Bushwar "private vehicle" vs Graham "private motor vehicle" — same incident.
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".

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