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Identity
Person No.
34800
Service No.
W35351K
Last Name
Gouws 41
First Name
Unknown
Initials
S P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1964 (±1 yr) 296
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
04 July 1989 92
Cause code
DUTY 1,421
Died on duty
Cause of Death
Died on duty (SAP) 1,378
Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police
Military Service
Rank
Detective Warrant Officer
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
7 Dist (Worcester) CW Div 27
Secondary Unit
South African Police
Defence Force
SAP 3,732
South African Police
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE MEMORIAL, PRETORIA (UNION BUILDINGS) 3,115
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 3,111
Memorial
View from north with city in background Photographer: Francois Swanepoel - 2017
Memorial
South African Police Memorial
Location
In the gardens of the Union Buildings, on the eastern flank of the grounds, Pretoria
Address
Union Buildings, Government Avenue, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.74196, 28.21375 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994

Research notes

Database-wide FirstName/Age contamination sweep (extension), 28 Sep 2026: FirstName 'At' and Age 25 were forward-filled from PersonNumber 34798 down a contiguous run of 4 records -- this record's own LastName ('Gouws'), Initials ('S P'), ServiceNo ('W35351K') and DateDeath ('1989-07-04') are all genuinely distinct, confirming a different real person whose FirstName/Age were simply never captured. Unlike the first pass of this sweep, Unit is NOT touched here -- it is not part of this contamination (see the Unit-restoration correction on the related run) and this record's own Unit ('7 Dist (Worcester) CW Div') is left exactly as found. FirstName and Age CLEARED; no replacement guessed.

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