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Identity
Person No.
30233
Old ROH no.
424
Service No.
71494751PE
Last Name
Emberger 1
First Name
Lancelot
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1956 (±1 yr) 383
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
12 September 1978 155
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Delmas, in AT-6 Harvard #7633
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Candidate Officer
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Combat Flight School 24
Defence Force
SADF 3,832
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,874
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
THABA TSHWANE (NEW) MILITARY CEMETERY 592
Grave Reference
Grave 997 1
Coordinates
-25.78214, 28.12179 OSM
Memorial
1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)
Names on 1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
Memorial
SADF Wall of Remembrance
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Voortrekker Monument, Eeufees Road, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0181, South Africa
Coordinates
-25.77639, 28.17583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
1978-1979 SAA Hitchens-Saal
On the panel
1978 Air Force. 3rd name (Emberger L.)
Notes

Son of Mr. A. H. Emberger. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Research notes

SADF Wall of Remembrance (Voortrekker Monument): named on photograph "1978 SAA (Hitchens–Human, Wolmarans) to 1979 SAA (Akaando–Djolomien, Maarman–Saal)". 1978 Air Force. 3rd name (Emberger L.). DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "24 11 55" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (71494751PE) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1978-09-12). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Sep 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 12 September (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-12-september/ 71494751PE Candidate Officer Lancelot Emberger, Central Flying School Dunnottar, AT-6 Harvard 7633 failed to recover from a spin near Delmas, age 22. Harvard serial/date/age/rank already matched. Unit stored Combat Flight School (often CFS Dunnottar) left. Unit2 leftover Army -> Air Force.
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Air Force" was CLEARED as a duplicate. It was not a sub-unit, it was a service-branch word repeating what the Branch column already says. Secondary Unit is for sub-units -- a company, a squadron, a commando -- and this record's branch of service is unchanged at "Air Force".

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External References
Stories 2
by Jo Nel on 04 March 2009 · via source
Lance and I shared a tent in in 3 SAI, Hotel Coy, at Bloubos, Potch. He ironed our clothes while I boned our boots. Both of us wanted to become pilots, but I was on the shooting range when the Beddies collected the intake. So Lance went to Dunnottar, I stayed in 3 SAI, later that year I joined the SAAF as terminologist, was invited to Lance's solo party but could not make it. About 2 weeks later, his Harvard malfunctioned and Lance went down in a maize field. The farmer who went to his aid thought that Lance was still alive. Alas, a fantastic young man, full of zest and kindness was no more. One of the casualties of those times.
by Graham Du Toit on 12 September 2014 · via source
12 Sep 1978: 71494751PE Candidate Officer Lancelot Emberger from Central Flying School, Dunnottar was killed when his AT-6 Harvard, Serial No. 7633 failed to recover from a spin and crashed near Delmas. He was 22.
Dedications 2
by BDC on 18 May 2007 · via source
A good bloke.
by Jo Nel on 04 March 2009 · via source
Lance, the Bloubosgalop was never the same without you around, old buddy! Vaya con Dios, amigo....