Identity
Person No.
30809
Service No.
68417948
Last Name
First Name
Gary Allen
Initials
G A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,206
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned, at Durban Beach during a sports parade. They were exercising on the beach and he went for a swim and drowned
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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Coordinates
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobson, of Durban.
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".
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