ref. Gallantry Awards of the South African Police 1913-1994
16 Sep 2026, ServiceNo contamination sweep: the stored ServiceNo '442543-0' was CLEARED. It was not a reading of this man's record. PersonNumbers 35123 to 35124 -- 2 consecutive records -- all carried the identical number, which belongs to the record at the head of that run (35123, Kapp, Andre (A)). A value repeated down an unbroken block of PersonNumbers is a forward-fill import artefact, not men who shared a service number; the pattern holds across 850 such runs on this roll and is independently confirmed by Mike Sandham's research log, which attaches such numbers to the head of the run 167 times against 6 contradictions (all examined). No replacement is guessed: this man's real service number is simply not known, and a blank field says so honestly where another man's number did not.
14 Oct 2026: Rank filled to "Rifleman" (was blank), per the SADF Wall of Remembrance supplementary panel photo (John's Downloads folder, 14 Oct 2026) -- clearly reads "KAPP K.C. RFN 1982". FORCE QUESTION FLAGGED, NOT CHANGED: this record carries no Force value and Regiment "Gauteng" (an SAP-district-style name); being memorialised as Army "Rfn" rather than any SAP rank suggests he may have been an SADF conscript, not a police officer, at the time of this SADF Buffel/police vehicle collision -- same question raised on the three companion records below. Mike Sandham OMISSIONS: 12 OCTOBER (mailed 12 Oct 2026) independently confirms this incident and the "Rfn 1982" inscription from the same photo.
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