Identity
Person No.
33561
Old ROH no.
1490
Service No.
75398638BG
Last Name
First Name
Charles Henry Janse
Initials
C H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,595
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, killed after suffering multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental hand grenade explosion at Potchefstroom
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. van Noordwyk, of Senekal.
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.
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), pages 134-135 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
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