Son of Mr. & Mrs. WCJ van der Merwe of Stilfontein
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 85269223BG Lance Corporal Hermanus Swanepoel van der Merwe, 93 Ammunition Depot, critically injured in a military vehicle accident on 25 Sep 1989 16km outside Jan Kempdorp while carrying out Military Police duties; died from his injuries at Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, on 11 Oct 1989, age 20.
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "South African Ammunition Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
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".
11 Oct 2026: Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 11 Oct 2026, confirms the injury occurred 25 Sep 1989 near Jan Kempdorp (Ben Rossouw Highway, Regimental Police duties) and death followed 11 Oct 1989 at Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein -- fully consistent with the stored account. No change needed.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 85269223BG Lance Corporal Hermanus Swanepoel van der Merwe, 93 Ammunition Depot, critically injured in a military vehicle accident on 25 Sep 1989 16km outside Jan Kempdorp while carrying out Military Police duties; died from his injuries at Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontein, on 11 Oct 1989, age 20.
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 11 Oct 2026
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