Identity
Person No.
31507
Service No.
93779247PY
Last Name
First Name
Lebelo Ernst
Initials
L E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,584
Accident
Cause of Death
Died in Freak Accident, squashed between KWE100 and G5 cannon, at Army Battle School
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,025
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On a koppie at the Voortrekker Monument, overlooking Pretoria
Address
Coordinates
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Artillery
Status
Permanent Force (Regular)
Part of
Listed under South African Army Artillery (Regular) in the SA Army Units navbox.
Notes
Son of Mr. & Mrs. Z. M. Mahlatsi
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Unit leftover "4 Artillery Regiment" (a named regiment, not a sub-unit) moved to Regiment. Corps unchanged. | Gunners Association RoH lists them (Operational Duty Post 1989 1994 Gunner L.E. Mahlatsi) - https://www.gunners.org.za/home-2/roll-of-honour/
25 Sep 2026, Unit2 service-branch sweep: the stored Secondary Unit "Army" 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 "Army".
Citations
Unknown
External References
-
Gunners' Association of South Africa Roll of Honour
open source ↗
Operational Duty Post 1989 1994 Gunner L.E. Mahlatsi
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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