Identity
Person No.
31639
Old ROH no.
906
Service No.
PX/22816
Last Name
First Name
Keith Lynford
Initials
K L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in Aircraft Accident, at Du Toit's Kloof. Chopper flew into some high tension cables. All aboard were killed, in the first Alouette 11 that the Air Force lost #1454
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Navy
Defence Force
SADF 3,817
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
Notes
Son of Mrs. Martin, of Malvern, Johannesburg
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "17 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post
Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Aug 2026: PX/22816, Alouette II 1454, Du Toit's Kloof HT cables.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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The War in Angola
open source ↗
War In Angola Roll of Honour (warinangola.com, tabid=1175), page 3 of 143: confirmed, no changes.
Stories 2
Lieutenant K Martin was killed when the Alouette II he was piloting hit high tension wires in du Toit's kloof on 17 th August 1962. Killed alongside him was the flight engineer Sgt AR Foote.
Lt K Martin was educated at Jeppe High School for Boys Peter Bell
Dedications
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