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Identity
Person No.
31699
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Matlaila 2
First Name
Abisai
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1988 (±1 yr) 7
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
05 December 2012 109
Cause code
AA 1,735
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Died in an aeroplane crash 11
Died in an aeroplane crash. C47 Dakota crashed in bad weather in the Drakensburg Mountains while on a flight from Waterkloof to Umtata
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
503 Squadron 2
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
SANDF 1,041
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Gauteng 9,374
Cemetery
SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA 1,926
Grave Reference
Alternative Commemoration until grave found 1,612
Memorial
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
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes

Son of Ms. H. Matladi

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 86713849PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "MATLADI, JACKSON" (RFN, Sterf 01 12 98), matching PersonNumber 31698 (Matladi, DateDeath 1998-12-01) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "86713849PE". 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.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "503 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
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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