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Identity
Person No.
32990
Service No.
85633006BG
Last Name
Smit 145
First Name
Francois Du Preez
Initials
F D P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1969 (±1 yr) 301
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
04 August 1987 185
Cause code
SHOT 546
Shot
Cause of Death
Accidentally killed 260
Accidentally killed in a shooting incident at the Far North Command Headquarters, Pietersburg (Polokwane)
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
South African Corps of Military Police 177
Unit
Provost School 8
Defence Force
SADF 3,836
South African Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
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 Mr. and Mrs. N. Smit

Research notes

Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Aug 2026: 85633006BG Private Francois du Preez Smit, Far North Command Provost Unit, accidentally killed in a shooting incident at Far North Command HQ, Pietersburg, age 18. ROH had age 25 / Provost School. 85xx BG in 1987 fits age 18. | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post (04 Aug paste, no year on post): 85633006BG Private Francois du Preez Smit, Provost School, killed in a military vehicle accident at the Far North Command Headquarters Unit in Pietersburg, age 18. Conflicts with the 04 Aug 2026 Last Post and ROH (shooting incident at Far North Command HQ) — cause not overwritten. | Also Last Post 04 Aug 2024: 85633006BG Private Francois du Preez Smit, Provost School, killed in a military vehicle accident at Far North Command HQ Pietersburg, age 18. Same MVA wording as the undated 04 Aug paste; cause remains shooting incident (04 Aug 2026 Last Post and ROH). DATE DISCREPANCY 25 Aug 2026: pantser.cmvo.org.za's SADF deaths PDF gives this person's Sterf (date of death) as "11 08 87" (DD MM YY) against the same ServiceNo (85633006BG) and name -- differs from this record's DateDeath (1987-08-04). Not overwritten, flagged for reference.
Mike Sandham's research log ("List 1"), imported 16 Sep 2026, credited to The South Africa War Graves Project unless his entry says otherwise: gives Age 25 against this record's 18. This record has no date of birth, so there is nothing to adjudicate with. Flagged, not changed.
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".

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