PDF
« Previous

Raubenheimer , Gideon Johannes (G J)

Next »
No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
32641
Service No.
Unknown
First Name
Gideon Johannes
Initials
G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,595
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in motor accident
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Apprentice
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Notes

ref. 85 years of SAAF.

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 93725091PV cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "RATUTUBALA, MOTLALEPULA PAULUS" (CPL, Sterf 09 10 96), matching PersonNumber 32640 (Ratutubala, DateDeath 1996-10-09) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "93725091PV". 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. | Unit was contaminated with an unrelated Army unit (Infantry Battalion/Artillery Regiment/Commando/Special Service Battalion) that makes no sense for Air Force personnel -- found 28 Aug 2026 while investigating a similar report (PersonNumber 30827, Janse Van Rensburg). Affects 32 "ref. 85 years of SAAF" records in total, all correctly Corps = South African Air Force but each with a different, unrelated ground-forces Unit value -- looks like a batch-import misalignment bug, not a single bad value repeated. Cleared rather than guessed at a correct Unit.
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.

Citations
Unknown
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.