PDF
« Previous

Smolin , Steven A (S A)

Next »
Identity
Person No.
33028
Service No.
75539216BG
Last Name
First Name
Steven A
Initials
S A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Unit History
Notes

***Jewish. No additional information known at this time

Research notes


25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word, and it CONTRADICTED this record's own Branch, "Army". 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.
10 Oct 2026: UNIT CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED: stored Unit "35 Squadron" (South African Air Force, a maritime patrol squadron); Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 10 Oct 2026, instead names "the Technical Services Corps" (an Army corps). No contamination signature found in neighbouring records (29483-29495 all hold genuinely distinct, unrelated units). Flagged for review.
10 Oct 2026: Unit changed from "35 Squadron" to "Technical Services Corps", per John's instruction, on Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 10 Oct 2026.

Citations
Unknown
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.