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Identity
Person No.
31589
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
17
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident, crashed following mid-air collision with Swearingen Merlin 4A #ZS-JLZ, over Swartkops, in Piper Pa-31 Navajo ZS-KTX. The collision occurred when returning from Namibia and on final approach to Waterkloof Air Base and the Navaj
Military Service
Rank
Mr
Regiment
Secondary Unit
Civilian
Defence Force
Unknown
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
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 78443991BG cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MARAIS, ADEO" (SPR, Sterf 25 04 80), matching PersonNumber 31588 (Marais, DateDeath 1980-04-25) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "78443991BG". Left as an unresolved collision otherwise -- this correction is specific to this one PDF-confirmed case, not a general claim this record's other data is wrong.
FirstName contamination fixed 31 Aug 2026 (systemic full-table scan): FirstName ("Adeo") was copied from the unrelated neighbouring record PersonNumber 31588 ("Marais, Adeo", initials A) -- this record's own stored initials (C) don't match "Adeo" at all. Confirmed by the existing 25 Aug 2026 SN CORRECTION note on this record, which already identified PersonNumber 31588 as the true owner of this record's copied ServiceNo via the same external source. Cleared back to unknown rather than guessed, AddInfo (also an exact copy from the same neighbour) cleared likewise.

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