Identity
Person No.
30458
Old ROH no.
35643
Service No.
84585785
Last Name
First Name
Gavin
Initials
G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, 10km east of Colenso, KZN. Samil 50 was returning troops from Durban Airport to Ladysmith when the vehicle skidded and rolled
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unit History
Notes
Husband of Mrs. N. E. Gainsford, of Mossel Bay. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape.
Research notes
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 105-106 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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