Identity
Person No.
30650
Service No.
66059825
Last Name
First Name
Sidney Joseph
Initials
S J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,595
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of head injuries, received in a fall at Simonstown Docks. Died at 2 Military Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Rhoda Mathilda Karsen Haupt. Brother of Mrs. D. Alberts, of Cape Town.
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.
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), page 15 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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