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Identity
Person No.
30778
Service No.
05484670
Last Name
Hutchinson 16
First Name
James Edward
Initials
J E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1944 (±1 yr) 148
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
16 May 1969 105
Cause code
SHOT 548
Shot
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident 290
Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally shot with a private .22 pistol, while on duty at the Electronics Workshop. A member had brought a private firearm to the base and while some of the staff were playing with it, Hutchinson was shot in the chest. He was dead on arrival at the Hospital
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
42 Squadron 20
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,272
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 80
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Mrs. J. Robinson, of Pretoria.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "42 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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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