Identity
Person No.
31464
Old ROH no.
853
Service No.
68238567N
Last Name
First Name
Kevin Eric
Initials
K E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MVA 2,627
Motor vehicle accident
Cause of Death
Died in Military Vehicle Accident, while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside and unable to escape
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Rifleman
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Army
Defence Force
SADF 3,823
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. W. G. Mack, of Felixton.
Research notes
MERGE 25 Aug 2026: PersonNumber 48741 ("Mack") deleted as a duplicate of this record -- identical ServiceNo (68238567N) and DateDeath (1970-09-13), surname a spelling/OCR/case variant, confirmed via the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF cross-check. Same class of error as the Sekonjela/Sekonyela merge earlier the same day.
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Sep 2026 / Bushwar Books Lest We Forget 13 September (https://www.warbooks.co.za/posts/lest-we-forget-13-september/ 68238567N Rifleman Kevin Eric Mack, 5 SAI, same Gladiator MVA, age 18. Exact match. Stored surname casing "MacK" left (Graham/Bushwar "Mack").
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Bushwar Books - Lest We Forget
open source ↗
Lest We Forget 13 September
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Graham Last Post 13 Sep 2026
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
Stories 3
Died in a Military Vehicle Accident, involving his section being transported in a Gladiator. There was a bad crash and fire, with the troops trapped in the rear. The army vehicle he was in collided head-on with a newspaper delivery van between Colesberg and Philippolis, on their way back to
68238567N Rifleman Kevin Eric Mack (5 SAI). He was 18.
13 Sep 1970: Six members from 5 SAI and one member from 3 SAI were killed while being transported in a Gladiator Troop Carrier back to Ladysmith Army Camp. Their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Newspaper Delivery Van between Colesburg and Philippolis and the vehicle immediately burst into flames with the men still trapped inside. The casualties were:
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