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Identity
Person No.
31220
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Bruce
Initials
B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Unknown
Cause code
Cause of Death
Died in Shooting Incident, at Rundu, accidentally shot
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes

Son of Mr. T. B. Laidlaw

Research notes

DateDeath was 1900/1901-01-01 SAWGP unknown-date placeholder; set to Unknown. EstBirthYear derived from that date cleared. SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 73436537BA cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "LAIDLAW, KEVIN EDWARD" (PTE, Sterf 04 11 75), matching PersonNumber 31219 (Laidlaw, DateDeath 1975-11-04) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "73436537BA". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "SA Army" cleared -- that's the service branch (Army, as distinct from Navy/Air Force), not a specific regiment; the actual unit ("15 Squadron") is already captured in Unit. Per John's decision, the 52 records with no better Unit info were left as-is.
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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