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Identity
Person No.
33027
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Smith 324
First Name
Zack Malcolm
Initials
Z M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1987 (±1 yr) 19
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
05 December 2012 109
Cause code
AA 1,737
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
Captain
Regiment
35 Squadron 26
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SANDF 1,021
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,859
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
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Husband of Leslie Lorraine Smith, of Kommetjie, Cape Province. ***He was mustered as a Chef on the SAS President Kruger. ***Officially declared dead on 26 Aug 1982.

Research notes

SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026: ServiceNo 72265465PE cleared -- the pantser.cmvo.org.za SADF deaths PDF lists that number under "SMITH, WILLIAM RUSSEL" (PO, Sterf 18 02 82), matching PersonNumber 33026 (Smith, DateDeath 1982-02-18) by surname and exact date, not this record. Original value: "72265465PE". 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 "35 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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