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Identity
Person No.
33735
Service No.
88592001BG
Last Name
First Name
Francois Petrus
Initials
F P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Stettynsberg mountains, in Avro Shackleton MR Mk 3 #1718
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SADF 3,874
South African Defence Force
Notes

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Research notes

26 Aug 2026: Unit leftover "35 Squadron" → South African Medical Health Service (SAWGP Regiment, no Unit).
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, "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.
6 Oct 2026: ServiceNo suffix BG added (was 88592001, no suffix), per Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 6 Oct 2026: "88592001BG Private Francois Petrus Viljoen from the South African Medical Health Service...". CAUSE CONFLICT, NOT CHANGED: stored CauseDeath "Died in Aircraft Accident, in Stettynsberg mountains, in Avro Shackleton MR Mk 3 #1718"; the source gives "killed in a private motor vehicle accident". Flagged for human review; the aircraft detail is specific and not overwritten on one source.

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