Identity
Person No.
33042
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Lulamile
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
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
Sergeant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Secondary Unit
Air Force
Defence Force
SANDF 1,021
South African National Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
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
ref "Die Buffel Struikel" by LJ Bothma
Research notes
SN CORRECTION 25 Aug 2026 (year-prefix method): ServiceNo 78912672SP cleared -- per the documented SA force-number convention (data/SA_SERVICE_NUMBER_NOTES.md), the prefix '78' implies registration circa 1978 (usually age 16), i.e. birth circa 1962. This record's own Age/DateDeath implies birth circa 1994, a mismatch; PersonNumber 33041 (Soanga, implied birth circa 1961) fits instead. Original value: "78912672SP".
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.
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