Correspondence
Daily Last Post casualty notes
| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Regiment | Date of Death | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30468 | Gebashe | Dumile Modestus | D M | Lance Corporal | 151 South African Infantry Battalion | 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. |
| 30467 | Gcabashe | J P | Rifleman | 1998-09-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Sep 2026 | ||
| 30465 | Gaylard | Bruce Errol | B E | Second Lieutenant | South African Air Force (Corps) | 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 | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 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. |
| 30448 | Furstenburg | Jan Pieter Albertus | J P A | Sergeant | 4 South African Infantry Battalion | 1977-09-29 | Graham Last Post 29 Sep 2026 |
| 30446 | Fuller | Alan | A | Rifleman | 3 South African Infantry Battalion | 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 | 2 South African Infantry Battalion | 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 | 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. |
| 30383 | Francisco | Jose | J | Lance Corporal | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1980-09-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Sep 2026 |
| 41795 | Francisco | Samuel | S | Lance Corporal | 32 (Buffalo) Battalion | 1991-09-16 | Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026 |
| 48946 | Francisco | Jose | J | Lance Corporal | 1980-09-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Sep 2026 | |
| 30381 | Franchi | Anthony John | A J | Chief Petty Officer | Att to 453 Parachute Bn | 1993-09-24 | Graham Last Post 24 Sep 2026 |
| 30354 | Fourie | Charel Andries | C A | Private | South African Ordnance Services Corps (Corps) | 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. |
| 30355 | Fourie | Cornelius Christoffel | C C | Air Mechanic | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1950-09-09 | Graham Last Post 9 Sep 2026 |
| 30366 | Fourie | Josef Johannes | J J | Lieutenant | South West African Territory Force (Corps) | 1981-08-13 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Aug 2026: Gobabis AFU, same civilian aircraft as Theron 33252. |
| 30373 | Fourie | Raymond | R | Rifleman | 4 South African Infantry Battalion | 1973-10-16 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 16 Oct 2026 |
| 41622 | Fourie | Okert Johannes | O J | Major | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1964-08-12 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 12 Aug 2026: AFB Waterkloof (was 1 Air Depot). |
| 49704 | Fourie | Jacobus Herculaas | J H | Warrant Officer Class II | 2 Field Engineer Regiment | 1979-09-15 | Graham Last Post 15 Sep 2026 |
| 30349 | Fouche | Johannes Jacobus | J J | Warrant Officer Class I | 2 Signals Regiment | 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 | South African Navy (Corps) | 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 | 17 Squadron | 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 | 5 South African Infantry Battalion | 1988-08-13 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 13 Aug 2026. |
| 30330 | Flemmer | Edward Lawrence | E L | Warrant Officer Class I | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1981-09-29 | Graham Last Post 29 Sep 2026 |
| 30326 | Fitchat | Thomas Gerhard | T G | Second Lieutenant | South African Technical Services Corps (Corps) | 1975-09-10 | Graham Last Post 10 Sep 2026 |
| 49830 | Fisher | Jacobus Abraham Isaks | J A I | Rifleman | 6 South African Infantry Battalion | 1994-09-22 | Graham Last Post 22 Sep 2026 |
| 49855 | Fisher | Gary Jonathan | G J | Rifleman | Army Ordnance Corps | 1977-10-03 | Graham Last Post 3 Oct 2026 |
| 30315 | Fidler | Bruce Andrew | B A | Corporal | South African Medical Corps (Corps) | 1985-09-15 | Graham Last Post 15 Sep 2026 |
| 30313 | Fhilipus | Elias | E | Rifleman | 101 Battalion | 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 | 3 South African Infantry Battalion | 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 | 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 | 4 Artillery Regiment | 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. · Graham Last Post 26 Sep 2026 |
| 30310 | Ferreira | Thomas Johannes | T J | Rifleman | 4 South African Infantry Battalion | 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. · Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post, 15 Oct 2026 |
| 30290 | Feldtmann | Renier Salomon Phillippus | R S P | Airman | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1984-09-17 | Graham Last Post 17 Sep 2026 |
| 30274 | Evans | Derick James | D J | Lance Corporal | 4 South African Infantry Battalion | 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 | 42 Squadron | 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 | Cape Regiment | 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 | 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). | |
| 30248 | Engeldoe | Gregory James | G J | Rifleman | South African Infantry Corps (Corps) | 1978-09-16 | Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026 |
| 30247 | Engelbrecht | Stephanus Paulus | S P | Field Cornet | South African Corps of Military Police (Corps) | 1966-09-23 | Graham Last Post 23 Sep 2026 |
| 41607 | Engelbrecht | Jacobus Wynand Mathyse | J W M | Private | Administrative Services Corps (Corps) | 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). |
| 30238 | Engela | Thomas William | T W | Commandant | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1981-10-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Oct 2026 |
| 30237 | Engel | Patrick Cornelius | P C | Private | South African Ordnance Services Corps (Corps) | 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. |
| 30233 | Emberger | Lancelot | L | Candidate Officer | South African Air Force (Corps) | 1978-09-12 | Graham Last Post 12 Sep 2026 |
| 49844 | Els | Raymond | R | Staff Sergeant | South African Corps of Signals (Corps) | 1978-09-28 | Graham Last Post 28 Sep 2026 |
| 30222 | Ellis | Sean Cochrane | S C | Gunner | 61 Mechanised Battalion Group | 1988-09-16 | Graham Last Post 16 Sep 2026 |
| 48627 | Ellis | Gregory Gordon | G G | Gunner | South African Artillery | 1974-08-23 | Col (rt) Graham du Toit Last Post 23 Aug 2026, pasted directly. |