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Identity
Person No.
30489
Service No.
86577657 PE
Last Name
First Name
Christopher James
Initials
C J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,660
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident, in Edenvale area on the N3 highway near Modderfontein. Drove in the back of a truck. (3 deaths)
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Airman
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gommersall, of Vereeniging

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit, Last Post, 30 Aug 2026: same N3/Modderfontein MVA as Cramp, D.L. and Pringle, G.W. Airman C.J. Gommersall, age 20. Matches ROH record.
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.

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