Correspondence
Daily Last Post casualty notes
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Unit | Date of Death | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30631 | Harmse | Louis | L | Captain | 1981-08-25 | Graham Last Post 25 Aug 2026 | |
| 30621 | Hanneman | Sarel Petrus | S P | Corporal | Norther | 1979-09-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Sep 2025: 76334911BG Corporal Andries Petrus Hanneman, Northern Transvaal Command, killed in a military vehicle accident at Potgietersrus, age 19. ROH first name is Sarel Petrus; unit is 8 SAI; regiment is Norther (not overwritten). |
| 30607 | Hamman | Jacobus Frans | J F | Lance Corporal | SA Army Intelligence School | 1986-08-05 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Aug 2026: Intelligence School Kimberley SAMIL 50 (was 8 SA Division). |
| 30599 | Hall | Peter | P | Rifleman | 1981-03-02 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 01 Mar 2024: Rifleman Peter Hall, 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, accidentally killed during anti-insurgent operations in the Eenhana area, age 19. Graham gave no service number. ROH DateDeath is 1981-03-02 (not overwritten). | |
| 30586 | Hadlow | Michael Stephen | M S | Lance Corporal | 44 Parachute Regiment | 1981-07-26 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Jul 2024: 81529000PN Lance Corporal Michael Steven Hadlow, 44 Parachute Regiment Pathfinder Company, Killed in Action during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola, age 25. ROH second name is Stephen. Regiment already 44 Para; unit already Pathfinder Company. |
| 30571 | Gumede | Muziwakhe Douglas | M D | Rifleman | 1985-09-26 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 83744946HG Rifleman Muziwakhe Douglas Gumede, 121 Battalion, killed in a military vehicle accident, age 19. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023: 83744946HG Rifleman Muziwakhe Douglas Gumede, 121 Battalion, killed in a military vehicle accident, age 19. | |
| 30564 | Grundling | Christo Stephan | C S | Lieutenant | 1980-04-08 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2026: 75425355PE Lieutenant Christo Stephan Grundling, 2 Field Engineer Regiment, killed in a military vehicle accident at Impala Base, age 20. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2024: 75425355PE Lieutenant Christo Stephan Grundling from 2 Field Engineer Regiment was killed in a military vehicle accident at Impala Base. He was 20. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2025: 75425355PE Lieutenant Christo Stephan Grundling from 2 Field Engineer Regiment was killed in a military vehicle accident at Impala Base. He was 20. | |
| 30560 | Groenewald | Johannes Petrus Wessels | J P W | Rifleman | 1987-07-30 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 30 Jul 2026: Claymore Beacon 35, 14 Jul 1983; died of complications 30 Jul 1987. | |
| 30546 | Grobler | Hendrik Abraham Johannes | H A J | Lance Bombardier | 1981-08-25 | Graham Last Post 25 Aug 2026 | |
| 30531 | Greyling | Johannes Barend | J B | Rifleman | 1 Parachute Battalion | 1978-08-12 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Aug 2026: 1 Para radio op, DOW Grootfontein (cleared 5 SAI unit). |
| 30519 | Gray | Robert Edward | R E | Captain | 1949-08-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Aug 2026: Captain Robert Edward Gray from 2 Squadron was killed when his Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE 5571 failed to pull out of a dive during a bombing attack on the weapons range and crashed on the farm Sterkfontein near Pretoria. It appears that he blacked out while the aircraft was in the dive. He was 30. | |
| 30508 | Gouws | Albertus Stephanus | A S | Second Lieutenant | 1974-08-27 | Graham Last Post 27 Aug 2026 | |
| 30493 | Goosen | Abraham Jacobus | A J | Private | 1970-09-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Sep 2025: 68408459N Private Abraham Jacobus Goosen, 1 Air Depot, accidentally killed in a crane accident at Voortrekkerhoogte, age 17. | |
| 30474 | Gobe | Johannes | J | Corporal | 1985-06-22 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 22 Jun 2025: 76910215SP Corporal Johannes Gobe, 201 Battalion SWATF, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut-line, age 29. ROH age is 47 (not overwritten). | |
| 30426 | Gingles | Alan | A | Lieutenant | 5 Reconnaissance Regiment | 1981-10-15 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Oct 2025: Lieutenant Alan Gingles, 5 Reconnaissance Regiment, age 28. Graham: Reported Missing on the Harare-Beira railway near Doeroi, Mozambique; premature detonation while laying charges; bodies later found by FRELIMO; no known grave. ROH already records the Doeroi demolition incident. ROH unit was Cape Town Highlanders Regiment (regiment already 5 Recce). Graham gave no service number; ROH has 65778532BV. |
| 30419 | Gibbs | Brian Robert | B R | Sapper | 1982-04-11 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Apr 2024: 79464954BG Sapper Brian Robert Gibbs, 2 Field Engineer Regiment attached to the Army Battle School, killed instantly at Olifantshoek after receiving multiple shrapnel wounds in an accidental rifle grenade explosion, age 19. ROH age 18 left (1979-prefix SN; Graham 19 noted). Unit2 already attd. Army Battle School. | |
| 30413 | Gevers | Udo Louis | U L | Scout | South African Intelligence Corps | 1984-08-23 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Aug 2026, pasted directly. |
| 30412 | Geustyn | Casper Willem Johannes | C W J | Candidate Officer | 1982-10-11 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 79446639BG Candidate Officer Casper Willem Johannes Geustyn, 1 SAI Mechanised Leadership Wing, Oshivello: during familiarisation training on foreign weapons a Soviet hand grenade was accidentally detonated, killing five. Same incident as Geustyn, Venter, Jones, Meyer and Wessels. He was 20. | |
| 30410 | Gerneke | Rolf Alwin | R A | Major | 1958-08-24 | 24 Aug 2026 post | |
| 41654 | Gernandt | Robert Collen | R C | Air Corporal | 1964-08-10 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Aug 2026: School of Technical Training (was 1 Air Depot). | |
| 30397 | Geldenhuys | Harper Martin | H M | Major | 1991-08-17 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Aug 2026: 32 Bn Pomfret, C-47 Dakota tail wheel while making a video; son of Lt Gen J. J. Geldenhuys. | |
| 30396 | Geen | Brian | B | Rifleman | 1984-01-04 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Jan 2017: 4 SAI Ratel 20 Callsign 13C, T-54 HE shell near Cuvelai, Ops Askari. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Jan 2024: 4 SAI Ratel 20 Callsign 13C, Ops Askari, Cuvelai. | |
| 30468 | Gebashe | Dumile Modestus | D M | Lance Corporal | 2000-08-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Aug 2026: Lance Corporal Dumile Modestus Gebashe from 151 Battalion was found dead at his house with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 34. Graham gave no service number. | |
| 30465 | Gaylard | Bruce Errol | B E | Second Lieutenant | 1962-06-12 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Jun 2024: PX/24853 2/Lieutenant (Pilot) Bruce Erroll Gaylard, Central Flying School Dunnottar, killed instantly when AT-6 Harvard serial 7161 struck the ground and disintegrated near Dunnottar while carrying out unauthorised low-level aerobatics, age 19. Same Harvard 7161 as Booysen H.L. PN 29499. Graham Erroll; ROH Errol — not overwritten. Graham age 19; ROH 20 left. Unit was Central Flying School — set to CFS Dunnottar. SN normalised to PX/24853. Unauthorised aerobatics filled. Unit2 was Army — set to Air Force. | |
| 39232 | Garret | Walter | W | Pilot Officer | Royal Rhodesian Air Force | 1956-08-21 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 21 Aug 2026: SS/100 Pilot Officer Walter Garret, 2 Sqn RRAF, Vampire FB9 RRAF 110, 20 miles south of New Sarum, age 21. ROH age 25 left. |
| 48592 | Gaiseb | Victor | V | Rifleman | 1987-04-05 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Apr 2026: Rifleman Victor Gaiseb, 2 SWA SPES SWATF, Killed in Action near Evale, Southern Angola, while supporting Operation Kakebeen alongside 32 Battalion; killed under a tree in the middle of the company formation with Cpl Fernando Andre, age 20. No service number in Graham's post. New ROH record (not on SAWGP at research time). | |
| 30453 | Gabriel | David | D | Special WO | South West African Police | 1979-05-28 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 28 May 2024: Special Warrant Officer David Gabriel, Koevoet, shot dead on the Ondangwa–Oshakati road by a SWAPO/PLAN hitchhiker who took his FN rifle, age 36. Graham gave no service number. ROH SN 76926781SP also sits on Gabriel R. PN 30452 (32 Bn, 1984) — not assigned as David's. |
| 30446 | Fuller | Alan | A | Rifleman | 1990-07-27 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Jul 2026: 3 SAI, ricochet Vooruitsig Shooting Range. | |
| 30443 | Froneman | Benjamin Arthur | B A | Rifleman | 1980-01-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Jan 2026: 76532886BG Rifleman Benjamin Arthur Froneman, 2 SAI Support Company Platoon, Killed in Action in the Cut-line ambush, hit in the chest, age 19. 2 SAI Support Company Platoon ambushed north of the Cut-line, 18 Jan 1980: followed three SWAPO/PLAN tracks into southern Angola; L-shaped ambush by about 100 cadres (AK-47, RPD, RPG-7) in the setting sun. Froneman killed instantly; Maritz critically wounded (shoulder/lung), evacuated by Puma, died a few hours later. Froneman's body recovered at first light. | |
| 48603 | Friend | Alfred Alexander | A A | Major | Eastern Province Command | 1978-08-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Aug 2026: 01556281PE Major Alfred Alexander Friend from Eastern Province Command died after suffering respiratory failure in the Port Elizabeth Provincial Hospital. He was 60. New ROH record (not on SAWGP at research time). |
| 30388 | Frans | Christopher Stuart | M | Rifleman | 5 Reconnaissance Regiment | 1983-08-08 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Aug 2026: Rfn M. Frans, 5 Recce KIA. ROH full name Christopher Stuart retained; unit was 101 Bn. |
| 30354 | Fourie | Charel Andries | C A | Private | 1987-01-29 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 29 Jan 2026: 80521537BG Private Charel Andries Fourie, 5 Maintenance Unit, killed in a military vehicle accident at Ogongo, age 22. | |
| 30366 | Fourie | Josef Johannes | J J | Lieutenant | 1981-08-13 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Aug 2026: Gobabis AFU, same civilian aircraft as Theron 33252. | |
| 41622 | Fourie | Okert Johannes | O J | Major | 1964-08-12 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Aug 2026: AFB Waterkloof (was 1 Air Depot). | |
| 30349 | Fouche | Johannes Jacobus | J J | Warrant Officer Class I | SA Army | 1990-04-16 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Apr 2026: 05251996PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Jacobus Fouche, South African Army, killed in a military vehicle accident at the P W Botha Training Area, age 49. ROH DateDeath is 1990-04-16; unit is 2 Signals Regiment (not overwritten). |
| 30344 | Forster | William Henry | W H | Seaman | 1992-05-10 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 May 2026: 86458965PE Seaman William Henry Forster, SAS Immortelle, killed in a private motor vehicle accident in Pretoria when his car collided with another vehicle on the corner of Church and Prinsloo Streets, age 22. ROH rank was blank; service number lacked PE. | |
| 30338 | Foote | Andrew Robert | A R | Sergeant | 1962-08-17 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Aug 2026: P/8353, Alouette II 1454, Du Toit's Kloof HT cables. | |
| 30332 | Fletcher | Arthur Mark | A M | Lance Corporal | 1988-08-13 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Aug 2026. | |
| 30313 | Fhilipus | Elias | E | Rifleman | 1980-12-27 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Dec 2022: Rifleman Elias Fhilipus, 101 Battalion SWATF, accidentally shot dead in Northern Owamboland by a 53 Battalion patrol who mistook them for SWAPO/PLAN insurgents, age 21. Graham gave no service number. Same incident as Elifas P. PN 30216. Record had FirstName Hans Dieter, age 30, SN 69358497, motorcycle Diskobolos Kimberley, and NOK Fetzer — copied from neighbour Fetzer H.D. PN 30312. Reset to Graham's Elias Fhilipus age 21; SN cleared (belongs to Fetzer). Did not invent a force number. | |
| 30300 | Ferreira | Fritz August | F A | Corporal | 1979-01-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Jan 2026: 76456623BG Corporal Fritz August Ferreira, 3 SAI, accidentally electrocuted at Ondangwa connecting a tape recorder in the tent while standing barefoot on a bed and holding the middle tent pole, age 18. ROH service number lacked BG. | |
| 30302 | Ferreira | Frederik Martinus | F M | Commandant | Eastern Province Command | 1991-08-07 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 07 Aug 2026: EP Command (was H.q.). Graham Frederick Marthinus — ROH keeps Frederik Martinus. |
| 30303 | Ferreira | Ignatius Wilhelmus | I W | Gunner | 1988-09-26 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2025: 86628708BG Gunner Ignatius Wilhelmus Ferreira, 4 Artillery Regiment, accidentally killed 9km from Kathu on the Kuruman road when struck by a civilian vehicle while assisting to dig out a field gun stuck in the sand; the vehicle failed to stop, age 21. ROH unit is 4th Artillery Regiment. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Sep 2023: 86628708BG Gunner Ignatius Wilhelmus Ferreira, 4 Artillery Regiment, accidentally killed 9km from Kathu on the Kuruman road when struck by a civilian vehicle while digging out a field gun, age 21. | |
| 30310 | Ferreira | Thomas Johannes | T J | Rifleman | 1981-10-15 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 15 Oct 2025: 77538353BG Rifleman Thomas Johannes Ferreira, 4 SAI, killed in an accidental hand grenade explosion in Northern Owamboland, age 20. | |
| 30274 | Evans | Derick James | D J | Lance Corporal | 1980-01-11 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Jan 2026: 77411411BG Lance Corporal Derick James Evans, 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned while on patrol in the Etosha Pan Game Reserve, age 18. ROH unit is 4 SAI (not overwritten). | |
| 30268 | Esterhuizen | Garth Harold | G H | Lieutenant | 1994-02-10 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Feb 2026: 86403821PS Lieutenant Garth Harold Esterhuizen, 42 Squadron, killed when Cessna 185A serial 720 crashed at Carletonville after flying into power lines during an authorised low-level cross-country training flight, age 23. | |
| 41754 | Esterhuizen | Johannes Siebert | J S | Staff Sergeant | 5 Reconnaissance Regiment | 1991-01-29 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 29 Jan 2026: 63307755PE Staff Sergeant Johannes Siebert Esterhuizen, 5 Reconnaissance Regiment, died in Phalaborwa Hospital after an acute asthma attack which resulted in him choking to death, age 44. Unit was Engineers School — corrected to 5 Reconnaissance Regiment (regiment already 5 Recce; died at Phalaborwa). |
| 30254 | Erasmus | Andre Hercoll | A H | Lance Corporal | 1986-08-16 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Aug 2026: Cape Regiment, mortar stand-off Ruacana, shrapnel. | |
| 41575 | Erasmus | Willem Abraham | W A | Pioneer | South African Army | 1963-06-22 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 22 Jun 2025: Pioneer Willem Abraham Erasmus, Army Service Corps, died of kidney cancer in 1 Military Hospital, age 54. Graham gave no service number. Rank was Soldier — corrected to Pioneer. ROH unit is AFB Waterkloof; hospital is Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital (same precinct as 1 Mil). |
| 41607 | Engelbrecht | Jacobus Wynand Mathyse | J W M | Private | South African Army | 1965-02-10 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Feb 2026: Private Wynand Mathyse Engelbrecht, 5 Base Ordnance Depot Pretoria, suffered a cerebral aneurysm and died in 1 Military Hospital shortly after admission, age 33. Graham gave no service number. ROH first names are Jacobus Wynand Mathyse; rank was Soldier — corrected to Private; unit is 61 Base Workshop (AddInfo already notes 5BKD; not overwritten). Hospital is Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital (same precinct as 1 Mil). |
| 30237 | Engel | Patrick Cornelius | P C | Private | 1983-04-05 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Apr 2026: 80286958BG Private Patrick Cornelius Engel, 16 Maintenance Unit, killed when his Withings Recovery Vehicle drove into the rear of a stationary vehicle at Oshivello, age 19. |