Identity
Person No.
29884
Service No.
P19971
Last Name
First Name
Melvyn Robert
Initials
M R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in motor vehicle accident. He was passenger in a private vehicle that hit a lamp post at Sea Point
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Able Bodied Seaman
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Crossman, of Florida, Transvaal
Research notes
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.
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