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Deceased-estate probate notices published in the official Government Gazette, digitised full-text on gazettes.africa (Laws.Africa). Cross-checked 26 Aug 2026 via the site's search API for "killed in action" / "died of wounds" / "on active service" / "prisoner of war" phrasings; hits are almost entirely WWI/WWII-era executor notices (not a source of Border War/SADF omissions). See John's notes for the matching method.
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| # | Last Name | First Name | Initials | Rank | Unit | Date of Death | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1655 | Berry | George Alfred | G A | Private | 1918-01-01 | Government Gazette No. 986, 25 Jul 1919, p.98 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) | |
| 4538 | Coughlan | Cecil Fleming | C F | Private | Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles | 1941-07-08 | Government Gazette No. 2930, 15 Aug 1941, p.100 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) |
| 46760 | De Wet | Jacobus Ignatius (kosie) | J I ( | Burgher | Boer Forces | 1900-10-11 | Government Gazette No. 1645, 5 Jul 1927, p.17 — widow's war-pension re-assessment notice citing veldkornet, "gesneuwel in aksie" (killed in action) in the Anglo-Boer War |
| 5510 | Delaney | Bertie Arthur Steel | B A S | Air Sergeant | 1941-12-10 | Government Gazette No. 3116, 13 Nov 1942, p.59 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) | |
| 6208 | Dubber | Beresford Graham | B G | Private | Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey | 1944-09-01 | Government Gazette No. 3481, 4 May 1945, p.137 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) |
| 6348 | Dyason | James Godfrey | J G | Warrant Officer Class II | Royal Durban Light Infantry | 1942-06-12 | Government Gazette No. 3092, 4 Sep 1942, p.76 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) |
| 6568 | Elliott | Thomas Breedon | T B | Staff Sergeant | 1943-08-23 | Government Gazette No. 3324, 6 Apr 1944, p.80 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) | |
| 8449 | Gorst | John Walton | J W | Sergeant | Rand Light Infantry | 1942-10-23 | Government Gazette No. 3154, 19 Feb 1943, p.79 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) |
| 11238 | Johnson | Arthur Burke Beardemore | A B B | Sergeant | 1944-10-03 | Government Gazette No. 3415, 17 Nov 1944, p.98 — deceased estate notice (died of wounds) | |
| 13160 | Leach | Ronald Owen | R O | Private | South African Irish | 1941-11-25 | Government Gazette No. 3058, 22 May 1942, p.85 — deceased estate notice (died of wounds) |
| 13493 | Lewis | Cyril Aubrey | C A | Corporal | Royal Durban Light Infantry | 1941-12-02 | Government Gazette No. 3027, 27 Mar 1942, p.93 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) |
| 14488 | Magee | Hugh | H | Private | 1916-07-17 | Government Gazette No. 1057, 28 May 1920, p.68 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) | |
| 15436 | Master | Samuel | S | Corporal | Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles | 1941-10-26 | Government Gazette No. 2972, 12 Dec 1941, p.115 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) |
| 18638 | Newton | Reginald R | R R | Corporal | 1942-11-05 | Government Gazette No. 3202, 4 Jun 1943, p.50 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) | |
| 18762 | Nicholson | Joseph | J | Private | Royal Natal Carbineers | 1941-11-30 | Government Gazette No. 3017, 13 Mar 1942, p.84 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) |
| 23502 | Smith | Frank Peter | F P | Second Lieutenant | 1918-03-24 | Government Gazette No. 1139, 8 Apr 1921, p.89 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) (gazette prints given name as "Prank", an OCR/print misreading of Frank) | |
| 24000 | Staples | Joseph Maxwell | J M | Private | 1918-04-10 | Government Gazette No. 963, 17 Apr 1919, p.38 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) | |
| 24474 | Sulter | Otto Daniel | O D | Private | Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment | 1944-09-19 | Government Gazette No. 3463, 29 Mar 1945, p.62 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) |
| 26445 | Upton | Willem Johannes | W J | Lance Corporal | South African Police | 1945-05-10 | Government Gazette No. 3511, 22 Jun 1945, p.72 — deceased estate notice (died on active service) |
| 26668 | Van Der Poel | Benjamin Lambertus | B L | Corporal | Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey | 1944-11-15 | Government Gazette No. 3481, 4 May 1945, p.141 — gesneuwel (killed in action) — Afrikaans-language notice |
| 28881 | Wright | Gerald Victor | G V | Ordnance Artificer 4th Class | 1941-05-22 | Government Gazette No. 3553, 5 Oct 1945, p.337 — deceased estate notice (killed in action) |