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Identity
Person No.
33112
Old ROH no.
1349
Service No.
07228794E
Last Name
Steyn 103
First Name
Johannes Christoffel
Initials
J C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1940 (±1 yr) 98
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
03 November 1967 127
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Helicopter Accident 6
Died in Helicopter Accident, accidentally killed when their Alouette III Helicopter #59, struck High Tension cables and crashed 3 miles north of Verulam while transporting three civilian members from the Department of Water Affairs
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Corporal
Regiment
17 Squadron 77
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
Mpumalanga 425
Cemetery
STANDERTON (LOMBARD) CEMETERY 11
Grave Reference
Likely buried in Namibia - Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1
Notes

Son of Mr. Steyn

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "17 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.

Citations

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External References
Stories 1
on 17 February 2002 · via source
28055 Cpl. D Bayliffe, died 31st December 1941, killed in action at Bardia. Buried in the Halfaya-Sollum cemetery.
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