Son of Carel David and Engela Helena (nee Coetzer) van Heerden. Husband of Molly (nee Etherton) van Heerden. Husband of Wilhelmina Christina (nee Swanepoel) van Heerden. Thomas was married twice, first with Molly Etherton (unknown if she died or divorced)
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 89441992BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "VAN HEERDEN, BRUCE ALBERT" (RFN, Sterf 03 08 91), matching PersonNumber 33514 (Van Heerden, DateDeath 1991-08-03) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "89441992BG". 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.
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, "Medical Health". 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.
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