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ON THIS DAY

01 August

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 1 August

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1901
45640Burgher Karel Petrus Jacobus Minnaar, Pretoria Commando (Boer Forces), aged 45. Killed in action, Witnek.
1901
44897Burgher A J Smit, Boer Forces, aged 20. Killed in action, Fouriesburg.
1901
44380Burgher Stephanus Johannes A. (Snr.) Van Eeden, Kroonstad (Boer Forces), aged 47. Killed in action, Doornkloof, Kroonstad.
1902
47793Burgher Roelf Cornelis Lindeque, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 22. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1913
41450Corporal Ernest Alexander Hulseberg, 167/3408, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 31. Died of pneumonia, at Boksburg.
1916
203Private Llewellyn Leonard Adendorff, 2141, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
693Private Neville Aronson, 2504, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
1093Corporal Alfred Barker, 4875, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
1236Private Gilbert Bartlett, 676, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
1249Trooper Louis August Bartman, 4234, 7th (South African Horse). Died on active service.
1916
1794Corporal George Sydney Biggs, 6043, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
1869Corporal Robert James Black, 797, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
2999Private George William Bunn, 1645, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
3111Private Erle Vivian Burton, 161, 1st (South African Rifles), aged 22. Died in field hospital, Brandt, diagnosis uncertain.
1916
3404Private William Chapman Carnegie, 3385, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
3918Private William Clark, 6525, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
4004Private Norman Percival Clifton, 2188, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
4739Private Lionel Crossley, 7294, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
5534Private George Demin, 2562, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
5733Private John Dillon, 287, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
5748Private Henry Dinan, 6758, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
5938Private Robert Douglas, 5526, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
6337Private Walter Hastie Dutton, 6624, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
7225Private Robert Fivaz, 4894, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
7569Private Norman Edward Frankish, 4892, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
7591Private Clement James Fraser, 60, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
7594Private Donald Fraser, 6914, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
8096Private Thomas Blair Gibbon, 3888, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of malaria and dysentery, at Mbuyuni.
1916
8997Private John Fraser Hair, 2100, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
9241Private Reginald Charles Harper, 3384, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
9785Sergeant Francis Danby Hester, 4908, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
10125Private William Holland, 28011, 1st Bn. (The King's (Liverpool Regiment)), aged 34. Died on active service.
1916
10210Private Alexander Hood, 5816, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
10221Private Frederick George Hookham, 5693, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
10277Private Henry James Horne, 6046, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
10743Private William Adrian Isom, 939, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
10985Private Evan James, 52, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
11110Private Albertus Frederick Jearey, 6551, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
11160Private Willie Jennings, 1193, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
11270Private Henry Johnson, 194, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
12085Private Herbert John Kerswill, 5957, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
12112Private Hugh Keys, 828, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
12811Private Arthur Ernest Lahee, 1374, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
12875Bombardier Arnold Lammas, 534, 5th Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Died of wounds, received 24th July.
1916
14046Private Joseph Lupton, 6685, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
14112Private John Herman Maade, 7420, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
15495Private William Mather, 2040, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
15818Private Walter McBroom, 2457, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 46. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
15900Private James McCullock, 3377, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
16707Private John Andrew Mills, 3952, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
18602Private Claude Newberry, 7425, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.
1916
20365Private Philip Pitman, 5468, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of wounds, received 22nd July.
1916
20383Private William John Pitt, 314, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 20. Died of malaria, at Kangata.
1916
20708Lance Corporal William Rowland Prince, 1932, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
20886Private Andrew Edward Quirk, 510, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
20973Trooper Edward Norton Rait, 650, "A" Sqdn. (East African Mounted Rifles), aged 22. Died on active service.
1916
21176Private Willem Diederick Rautenbach, 6047, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
21215Lance Corporal Thomas Jaffray Read, 6445, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
21365Private Bernard Kenneth Reynolds, 2113, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
21547Private John Robb, 352, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
22173Private Arthur Alfred Salmond, 2016, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
22254Private John Edward Sansbury, 6049, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
22334Private Robert Alexander Sayle, 2387, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Died of wounds, blood poisoning, whilst a POW.
1916
22426Private Tom Schofield, 3117, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
23626Private William Smith, 3512, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
23942Private Frank Stagg, 2205, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
24212Private John Johannes Jacobus Steyn, 654, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Missing, Death Presumed.
1916
24279Private George William Stone, 667, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
24358Private Percy Jones Streeton, 6166, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
25037Private James Moir Thom, 4967, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
25185Private Walter Thomson, 7496, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 43. Died in a coma, cerebral haemorrage, from fractured skull, received falling through a window.
1916
25441Private Mark Travill, 1190, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
26852Private David Stuart Van Holst, 1383, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
27589Lance Corporal Harold Shaw Walker, 2272, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
27590Private Henry William Walker, 195, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
28139Private John Herbert Whatmore, 4983, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
28143Private Alexander Wheatley, 6435, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1916
28369Private Richard Willett, 328, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Declared missing in action, on the 1st August 1916, fighting in Delville Wood.
1917
14085Corporal William James Lynch, 15796, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
19613Captain John Philip Palmes, 3rd Bn. (West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)), aged 29. Killed in action, in Battle of Pilckem Ridge on 30th July 1917.
1917
21217Second Lieutenant Nathaniel Henry Alter Ready, Heavy Bde. (Machine Gun Corps). Died of wounds.
1917
21534Second Lieutenant William Lancelot Ritchie, 1st Bn. (Cambridgeshire Regiment), aged 29. Died of wounds, received at Passchendaele.
1917
40644Lieutenant Geoffrey Howell Scratton, 4th/5th Bn. (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), aged 24. Killed in action, near St. Julien.
1917
25125Sergeant James Thompson, 3294, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of pneumonia.
1917
29114Driver Smile Zioya, 19356, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.
1918
1258Private Boy Basa, M/1684, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.
1918
2363Private Albert E Bowering, 12392, 13th Bn. (York and Lancaster Regiment), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1918
10942Captain Joseph Jaffe, Royal Army Medical Corps, aged 30. Killed in action.
1918
18593Private Netononda Nevari, 15566, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
23681Warrant Officer Class I Alfred Snow, 2022, Royal Engineer Services, aged 39. Killed by a bomb.
1918
29155Private Johnson Zwaartbooi, 17579, 30th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1919
4135Private Gert Cloete Coetzee, 1569, South African Medical Corps, aged 27. Died of malignant tumour abdomen and exhaustion.
1919
10918Driver William Jacobs, HT/3732, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Shot accidentally.
1919
11651Corporal Jacob Julius, HT/1478, 4th Coy. (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport). Died of tubercular peritonitis.
1919
40801Private Peter Lewin, 1442, 1st (Cape Coloured Labour Regiment), aged 34. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, after discharge.
1940
11041Private Joseph Johannes Marthinus Janse, 65550, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 59. Died at Bloemfontein Military Camp.
1940
19177Corporal Albertus Petrus Johannes Oberholzer, 172766, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1940
24883Private Hartley Albert Teague, 19521, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 18. Committed suicide.
1941
8106Boy 2nd Class Leslie Edwin Gibbs, JX. 251924, H.M.S. St. George (Royal Navy), aged 16. Died of lobar pneumonia.
1941
12990Lieutenant Colonel Jack Latham, 240814, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died at Cairo, Egypt.

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