Correspondence
Daily Last Post casualty notes
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Regiment | Date of Death | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31038 | Kerr | James McFarlane Wilson | J M W | Major | 5 Squadron | 1977-08-17 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Aug 2026: OC 5 Squadron, Impala 561, Riemvasmaak night bombing. |
| 31032 | Kemp | Christo | C | Sapper | 14 Field Regiment | 1977-03-17 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Mar 2024: 70317078BT Sapper Christo Kemp, 14 Field Regiment, Died of Wounds during mine clearing operations. The sweep team missed a landmine and it was detonated by the Spook just as Sapper Kemp moved forward to relieve the sweep team. His legs were blown off in the explosion and he died within minutes. He was 23. ROH already has the Spook/sweep-team account as KIA with traumatic amputation of (one) leg — KIA vs Graham DOW and one vs both legs not overwritten. Unit2 was generic Air Force; set to Army to match other 14 Field Regiment rows. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Mar 2020: 70317078BT Sapper Christo Kemp from 14 Field Regiment was Killed in Action during mine clearing operations. The sweep team missed a landmine and it was detonated by the Spook just as Sapper Kemp moved forward to relieve the sweep team. His legs were blown off in the explosion and he died within minutes. He was 23. This 2020 Last Post says KIA (matches ROH); 17 Mar 2024 said Died of Wounds. Traumatic amputation of (one) vs both legs not overwritten. |
| 31029 | Kellett | George William | G W | Sergeant | 19 Squadron | 1976-01-04 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Jan 2024: 65749400PE Sergeant George William Kellet (Flight Engineer), 19 Squadron, Puma 122 friendly AAA, Ops Savannah, age 26. ROH spelling is Kellett. ROH cause already has friendly AAA / Puma 122; names Battlegroup Chicken. Graham: Battle Group Orange, SA 330C, 20mm scored 21 hits, Aircraft Commander not killed in the crash but could not be freed before the wreck burnt; Commandant Martin Verster only survivor (not on the roll). |
| 31024 | Kees | Shaline Lloyd | A | Rifleman | Cape Corps | 1984-06-22 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 22 Jun 2025: 84076322CK Rifleman Andries Kees, South African Cape Corps, died from a gunshot wound accidentally sustained while deployed in the Operational Area, age 18. ROH first names are Shaline Lloyd (initials A). Unit was 1 Sa Cape — corrected to SA Cape Corps (regiment already SACC). |
| 31020 | Kearns | Ivan William | I W | Leading Seaman | South African Navy (Corps) | 1973-08-15 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Aug 2026 (died 15 Aug). |
| 31019 | Kealey | Edward Arnold | E A | Captain | 1955-08-17 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 Aug 2026: Director of Music, 1 Military Hospital (ROH Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital). | |
| 49834 | Kavihuha | Otavi | O | Rifleman | 913 Battalion / Regiment Namutoni | 1981-09-25 | Graham Last Post 25 Sep 2026 |
| 31012 | Kavari | Joao | K | Rifleman | 102 Battalion | 1983-09-16 | Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026 |
| 31013 | Kavari | Noag | N | Corporal | 101 Battalion | 1986-04-08 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2026: 81896391SW Corporal Noag Kavari, 101 Battalion SWATF, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Southern Angola, age 23. Same contact as Domingus J. PN 30100. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2024: 81896391SW Corporal Noag Kavari from 101 Battalion was Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Southern Angola. He was 23. Same contact as Domingus J. PN 30100. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Apr 2025: 81896391SW Corporal Noag Kavari from 101 Battalion SWATF was Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Southern Angola. He was 23. Same contact as Domingus J. PN 30100. |
| 41512 | Kavari | Daniel | K | Rifleman | 102 Battalion | 1983-09-16 | Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026 |
| 43384 | Kavarata | S | Rifleman | 202 Battalion | 1983-08-07 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 07 Aug 2026: 202 Bn SWATF, KIA SWAPO/PLAN. | |
| 31005 | Kativa | Joao Daniel | J D | Rifleman | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1983-03-04 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2024: 80830664SP Rifleman Joao Daniel Kativa, 32 Battalion, Killed in Action during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola during Operation Snoek, age 26. Same contact as Mande A. PN 31552. Cause already Operation Snoek. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 04 Mar 2021: 80830664SP Rifleman Joao Daniel Kativa from 32 Battalion was Killed in Action during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola during Operation Snoek. He was 26. Same contact as Mande A. PN 31552. |
| 43383 | Katanga | A H | Rifleman | 202 Battalion | 1983-08-07 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 07 Aug 2026: 202 Bn SWATF, KIA SWAPO/PLAN. | |
| 31002 | Kastoor | Lloyd Matthew Marthinus | L M M | Rifleman | South African Infantry Corps (Corps) | 1979-06-14 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 14 Jun 2017: 76694694PE Rifleman Lloyd Matthew Marthinus Kastoor, South African Cape Corps, killed in a military vehicle accident at Grootfontein, age 20. ROH unit is SA Cape Corps; cause includes Mawgetti (not overwritten). |
| 30985 | Kanyane | Thaloki John | T J | Rifleman | 7 South African Infantry Battalion | 1998-09-17 | Graham Last Post 17 Sep 2026 |
| 30980 | Kanitus | Thomas | T | Special Constable | South West African Police | 1988-03-01 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 01 Mar 2024: Special Constable Thomas Kanitus, Koevoet, Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 23. Graham gave no service number. ROH SN 76910116SP also sits on Kanheto T. PN 30979 (201 Bn, 1983) — not assigned as Kanitus's. |
| 30977 | Kanghende | Stefanus Willem | S W | Special Constable | South West African Police | 1987-04-26 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 27 Apr 2026: Special Constable Stefanus Willem Kanghende, SWAPOL COIN Ops-K (Koevoet), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, 27 Apr 1987, age 28. ROH date is 26 Apr 1987; first name was Stefanus; age is 29 (not overwritten). Graham gave no service number. |
| 30969 | Kamundiro | Vusimana | V | Rifleman | 202 Battalion | 1983-07-30 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 30 Jul 2026: Vusimana Kamundiro, 202 Bn (was Kamindiro / FNU / 201 Bn). |
| 30971 | Kamteni | Gabriel | M | Lance Corporal | 1998-09-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Sep 2026 | |
| 30966 | Kambirua | K | Special Constable | South West African Police | 1983-06-12 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Jun 2024: Special Constable K Kambirua, SWA Police Counter-Insurgency Wing Ops-K (Koevoet), Killed in Action during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland, age 26. Graham gave no first name beyond K and no service number. ROH FirstName Muido left. Graham age 26; ROH 22 left (1981-prefix SN). Cause filled SWAPO/PLAN Northern Owamboland. SN 81730521SW also sat on Kamaho E.K. PN 30963 and Kambinda PN 30964/30965 — cleared from those three; left here. | |
| 48721 | Kalimbulula | V W | Rifleman | 701 Battalion | 1981-08-24 | 24 Aug 2026 post | |
| 30951 | Juskiewicz | Adrian Marcel | A M | Lance Corporal | South African Infantry Corps (Corps) | 1991-09-16 | Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026 |
| 30947 | Julies | Booi | B | Private | South African Ordnance Services Corps (Corps) | 1987-04-30 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 30 Apr 2026: 85074250BW Private Booi Julies, 5 Maintenance Unit, Three 5 Maintenance Unit members killed in a military vehicle accident at Ondangwa. Same incident as Julies, Koopman and Oosthuizen. He was 21. |
| 30931 | Joubert | A L | Lieutenant | 1998-08-21 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 21 Aug 2026: 91256107PE Lt A L Joubert, SA Army, suicide Nylstroom, age 25. ROH Hendrik / 41 Bn / age 21 left. | ||
| 30933 | Joubert | Deon | D | Lieutenant | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1989-09-22 | Graham Last Post 22 Sep 2026 |
| 30934 | Joubert | Gerhard | G | Private | 1970-09-17 | Graham Last Post 17 Sep 2026 | |
| 49670 | Joubert | Adriaan | A | Marine | South African Marines | 1987-09-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Sep 2026 |
| 49895 | Joubert | Willem Francois | W F | Warrant Officer Class I | 2001-10-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Oct 2026 | |
| 30916 | Jose | America | A | Rifleman | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1981-09-27 | Graham Last Post 27 Sep 2026 |
| 30917 | Jose | America | C | Corporal | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1986-04-12 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Apr 2026: 76929140SP Corporal Carlos José, 32 Battalion, accidentally killed when run over by a military vehicle at Buffalo Base, age 35. ROH first name is America; age is 24 (not overwritten). |
| 30905 | Jordaan | Bareno Johannes | B J | Private | Army Service Corps | 1977-09-29 | Graham Last Post 29 Sep 2026 |
| 30910 | Jordaan | Joseph Benjamin Ruben | J B R | Rifleman | 3 South African Infantry Battalion | 1979-08-18 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 18 Aug 2026: 75332239BG Rifleman Joseph Benjamin Ruben Jordaan from 3 SAI was Killed in Action in Southern Angola when they triggered a Soviet POMZ-2M Anti-Personnel Picket Mine during mopping-up operations inside an enemy base complex. He was 20. |
| 48602 | Jordaan | Albert Peter | A P | Signaler | South African Corps of Signals (Corps) | 1981-05-17 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 17 May 2024: Signaler Albert Peter Jordaan, Army Signals Training Centre Heidelberg, killed in a private motor vehicle accident between Heidelberg and Grootvlei on the N3 while travelling home on weekend pass after standing guard duty the whole night, age 18. Graham gave no service number. New ROH record (not on SAWGP at research time). Unit stored as School of Signals (Heidelberg signals training). |
| 30891 | Jones | Alan Rodger | A R | Lance Corporal | 1 South African Infantry Battalion | 1982-10-11 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Oct 2024: 79360806BG Lance Corporal Alan Rodger Jones, 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 18. · Graham Last Post 11 Oct 2026 |
| 30895 | Jones | Stephen | S | Rifleman | Regiment Schoonspruit | 1977-06-16 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 16 Jun 2026: Regiment Schoonspruit, accidental GSW Oshivello (was 4 Squadron). |
| 41778 | Jones | Ainslie Molyneux | A M | Captain (female) | Cape Regiment | 1991-05-09 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 09 May 2026: 80001738PR Captain (Mrs) Ainslie Molyneux Jones, Personnel Service Corps, died of cancer at her home in Weirda Park, Pretoria, age 47. ROH unit is Cape Regiment; Unit2 is attd. South African Medical Corps; rank is Captain (female) (not overwritten). |
| 30887 | Jonas | L N D | Rifleman | 101 Battalion | 1986-06-30 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 30 Jun 2026: L.N.D. Jonas, 101 Bn, KIA Southern Angola near Cut-line, age 26 (ROH Rory Clyde, 23). | |
| 30885 | Jolliffe | Rory Clyde | R C | Corporal | 1981-07-26 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 26 Jul 2024: 78321718BG Corporal Rory Clyde Joliffe, Jozini Military Base, killed when their military vehicle overturned near Jozini, age 19. ROH surname is Jolliffe. Unit was 11th Regt. — corrected to Jozini Military Base (regiment already Jozini). ROH cause is water tanker left the road and rolled down a mountainside in Northern Natal (not overwritten). Same water-tanker rollover near Jozini as Jolliffe R.C. PN 30885 and Matenjwa S. PN 31677. | |
| 41695 | Johnson | Charles Wilhelmus | C W | Corporal | Union Defence Forces | 1957-08-10 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 10 Aug 2026. |
| 41777 | Johannes | Koos Jacobus | K J | Rifleman | Cape Regiment | 1991-10-01 | Graham Last Post 1 Oct 2026 |
| 49910 | Johannes | Deon | D | Rifleman | South African Infantry Corps | 1994-10-16 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 16 Oct 2026 |
| 30871 | Joaquin | Adao | A | Rifleman | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1981-08-24 | 24 Aug 2026 post |
| 30874 | Joaquim | Joao | J | Rifleman | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1990-08-27 | Graham Last Post 27 Aug 2026 — Jose vs Joao / 201 vs 31 conflict |
| 30866 | Joao | Jose | J | Rifleman | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1981-01-02 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 02 Jan 2026: 76919075SP Rifleman Jose Joao, 32 Battalion, Killed in Action in a landmine explosion during counter-insurgency operations in Southern Angola, age 21. |
| 30868 | Joao | Jose | M C | Rifleman | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1986-08-08 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 08 Aug 2026: M.C. Joao, house fire Buffalo Base, age 32 (was 21). Jose retained. |
| 30862 | Jewaskiewitz | Avril | A | Lance Corporal | 6 South African Infantry Battalion | 1980-08-14 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 14 Aug 2026: 6 SAI, Eenhana ambush with Deyzel and Mijburgh. |
| 30858 | Jensen | Olaf Volmer | O V | Warrant Officer Class II | 2 South African Infantry Battalion | 1974-09-11 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 11 Sep 2026 |
| 30850 | Jantjie | Zimangele Andries | Z A | Rifleman | 151 South African Infantry Battalion | 1998-08-24 | 24 Aug 2026 post |
| 30848 | Jansen Van Vuuren | Frans Hendrik | F H | Gunner | South African Armoured Corps (Corps) | 1984-09-27 | Graham Last Post 27 Sep 2026 |
| 30846 | Jansen Van Rensburg | Nicolaas Frans | N F | Corporal | SAS President Steyn | 1971-11-25 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 05 Nov 2025: 67012484E Corporal Nicolaas Frederick van Rensburg, 22 Flight (later 22 Squadron), killed in a private vehicle accident in Cape Town, 05 Nov 1971, age 20. Same service number on this ROH record: Jansen Van Rensburg, Nicolaas Frans, 22 Flt, Westland Wasp #83 air crash 25 Nov 1971, age 32. Date, cause, age and second name not overwritten. |