On This Day

On This Day — 10 January

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1896

30390Trooper David Fraser, 1459, "G" Troop (Bechuanaland Border Police), aged 19. Died of wounds, received in Jameson Raid.

1900

47556Burgher Jan Dirkse Johannes Basch, Lydenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 20. Killed in action, Lydenburg Ambulans.

1900

46682Burgher Matthys Casparus Du Plessis, Kroonstad (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Platrand.

1901

44442Burgher Burgert Federik Van Der Walt, Pretoria Commando (Boer Forces), aged 35. Killed in action, Blesbokspruit, Springs.

1902

48213Burgher Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 30. Died of tuberculous meningitis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1915

920Rifleman William Bainbridge, R/5753, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.

1915

11460Private Norman Keppel Jones, 17618, 2nd Bn. (East Lancashire Regiment), aged 26. Killed in action.

1915

20691Rifleman Lloyd Owen Lloyd Price, R/5798, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 30. Killed in action.

1915

25530Captain Richard Tryon, 6th Bn. (Rifle Brigade). Killed in action.

1915

27145Burgher Christiaan Stephanus Marthinus Van Zyl, 334, Clanwilliam Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Drowned, in Orange River, at Hendries.

1916

20454Private Godfrey Poisart, 7249, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of fractured skull, at King George Hospital.

1917

3207Second Lieutenant Clement John Byron, 2nd Bn. (Honourable Artillery Company), aged 21. Killed in action, in operations on the Ancre.

1917

3271Sapper Peter Cameron Black Cameron, SC/46, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 40. Died of cancer of stomach.

1917

5856Labourer Jim Dolodo, 7625, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Dar es Salaam.

1917

8396Lance Corporal Wilfrid Cyril Goodwin, CM/81, South African Motor Cyclist Corps. Died of abscess on liver and dysentery.

1917

10203Private Norman Honey, 9362, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed by accidental explosion of bombs whilst on duty.

1917

11205Private Duncan McIntosh Joel, 8742, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed by accidental explosion of bombs whilst on duty.

1917

12264Sergeant Thomas Eric King, 1125, 1st (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 22. Died of dysentery.

1917

16715Private Charles Scott Milne, 9366, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing after an accidental explosion of bombs.

1917

20755Private William Henry John Pritchard, 957, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds, received in accidental bomb explosion.

1917

21610Private Thomas John Roberts, 1111, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed by accidental explosion of bombs whilst on duty.

1918

11597Private Johannes Lodewicus Joubert, MT/6644, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 27. Died of septicemia, at sea.

1918

14465Private Jan Mafuna, 7726, 15th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 36. Died of pneumonia, at sea.

1918

15169Private Johannes Marks, 6525, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 28. Died of cerebral malaria.

1918

15780Private Biyela Mbomvu (Mbomore), 8944, 20th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.

1918

19994Driver George Harry Perry, MT/7135, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 42. Died of dysentery.

1918

27788Private Daniel Wasserman, 14567, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action.

1919

41349Native Constable Paul Mdwali, 956, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died on active service.

1919

26777Private John James Christopher Van Dyk, 14709, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Died at sea, sudden failure of weak heart brought on by chronic rheumatism, en route U.K. to South Africa, on "Cawdor Castle".

1920

7232Lance Corporal George Lee Flanagan, 7762, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia.

1920

28762Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood, No. 1 Technical Wireless School (Royal Air Force), aged 28. Two days after Christmas in 1919, Lt. Charles Campbell Wood of the Royal Air Force earned a small place in history, but he earned it the hard way. Near midnight on a cold London winter evening Campbell Wood heard a call for help from the Thames. Rushing onto the western, upriver side of the Hammersmith Bridge, he saw a woman in peril, caught in the river's flow and in dire danger of expiring. Diving into the river to rescue her, Campbell Wood saved the woman's life. But in so doing, he also severely injured his head, and this eventually brought about his death in hospital from tetanus. Today the only reminder of his story is a small brass plaque on a handrail, which marks the spot on the bridge where Campbell Wood dived into the Thames to risk his life to save the life of a complete stranger.

1924

29577Gunner Reginald Lewis Brand, 79013876, Western Province Command Signal Unit (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 30. Died of broncho pneumonia and cardiac failure, at Bloemfontein Mental Hospital.

1941

12503Sub-Lieutenant (A) Norman Alford Koelges, H.M.S. Daedalus (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve). Died in Aircraft Accident, flew into hillside in bad visibility.

1942

3694Air Mechanic Cheyne, 100629, South African Air Force, aged 32. Died on active service.

1942

7266Sergeant Martin Cargill Fletcher, 778412, 83 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Killed in action, Hampden AE133 was hit by flak and crashed at Kampen on the island of Sylt.

1942

14347Private MacLeod, W/157004, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 41. Died on active service.

1942

18598Leading Aircraftman Joseph Douglas Nevitt, 777925, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard N7109, near Salisbury, Rhodesia.

1942

18802Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Niesewand, 33314, 42 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died of injuries, received Jan. 6th in aircraft accident, crashed low flying, in Northrop Nomad Mk I #1267.

1942

24383Sapper Johannes H Strybis, 186600, 3 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 38. Died on active service.

1942

27826Sapper Stephen Watkins, 19965, 3 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 19. Killed in action.

1943

885Warrant Officer Clarence Charles Nelson Bailey, 928619, 39 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 28. Killed in action, Beaufort I X8934, missing on cross-country flight.

1943

10777Second Officer Gerald Michael Jackson, M.V. British Dominion (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 25. Whilst operating with Convoy TM-1. Torpedoed and damaged by U-522 as well torpedoed, gunfire and coup de grace, sunk by U-620. En route London & Loch Ewe for Boston & Trinidad.

1943

11905Corporal Henry Joseph Keating, 65283, 6th Bn. (1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces), aged 64. Died on active service.

1943

16071Private William McKenna, C/301687, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

22204Private Samson, C/273167, 1st Bn. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 43. Died on active service.

1944

1479Lieutenant Colonel Charlotte Bailey Bekker, W/5735, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 58. Died of coronary thrombosis.

1944

10971Private Kangombe Jam, NRA/10725, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1944

18375Private Jantji Nchaki, N/25991, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of stab wound to heart.

1944

27448Private Paul A N Vissian, 283336V, Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1945

7645Air Sergeant Walter Freel, 100260V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 44. Died of fractured skull.

1945

7879Askari Garikayi, 1123, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.

1945

8210Gunner Cyril James Gilpin, 313871V, 43 Lt. A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.

1945

15815Private McBride, W/309552, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Died on active service.

1945

20279Private David Pieterse, C/286613V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.

1945

22122Private Saal, M/24266, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1945

24361Lieutenant Ian Burton Stretton, 206730, Israel RAF (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, in Spitfire.

1945

25024Air Mechanic Nicolaas Christiaan Thirion, 581340V, South African Air Force, aged 33. Died of respiratory failure whilst under anesthesia.

1945

25670Lieutenant Melville Haigh Louis Tweedie, 103498V, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, hit by flak 10 miles East of Porto Garibaldi, baled out over sea, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #PT791.

1946

5472Private Cornelius Christiaan De Wet-Vos, 146526, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1947

2108Private George Booysen, C/274299, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 42. Died of heart failure, after discharge.

1972

29648Second Lieutenant Johannes Daniel Burger, 65430373V, 6 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed near George, in AT-6 Harvard #7034.

1973

34641Constable Cornelius Johannes Esterhuizen, W45624B, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1976

32643Rifleman Andries Jacobus Rautenbach, 73437568BA, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died in Shooting Incident, at Rundu.

1977

39049District Assistant Michael John Chanowa, 730045, 3 Maintenance Unit (Internal Affairs), aged 19. Killed in action at Sipolilo.

1977

39122Agricultural Demonstrator Petros Chitima, 528182, Depot (Internal Affairs), aged 27. Killed in action at Melsetter.

1977

30514Rifleman Willem Johan Gracia, 76901990SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 40. Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy.

1978

39014Warrent Officer II Elliot Bvucherayi, 78976149SWH, 102 Battalion (Rhodesia Army), aged 26. Murdered by insurgents.

1978

40039District Security Assistant Meta Richard Ncube, 660415, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 27. Murdered, by insurgents in the Plumtree area, Op Tangent.

1980

40711Field Reservist Trevor W Girdlestone, 5477, 1st Battalion (British South Africa Police), aged 20. Died on active service.

1982

33619Rifleman Abel Albertus Van Wyk, 78561545BG, 2 SA Cape Corps (1 Parachute Battalion), aged 19. Died in Shooting Accident, accidental discharge.

1984

29913Rifleman Joao Dala, 81553596SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 29. Killed in action, contact with FAPLA forces NE of Techamutete, Angola during Operation Askari. Buffel APC detonated landmine.

1984

31548Rifleman Isaac Malonga, 80830409SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 35. Killed in action, contact with FAPLA forces NE of Techamutete, Angola during Operation Askari. Buffel APC detonated landmine.

1991

41810Seaman Richard Levin, 88618087BG, School of Signals (1 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 18. Died of head injuries, received in private vehicle accident on the corner of Essenwood Road and Berea Road, Durban.

1998

31857Rifleman Cecil Patrick Meko, 96845268, 3 South African Infantry Battalion (SA Army), aged 23. Died in Military Vehicle Accident,at Ellisras. Vehicle rode over him while he was sleeping.

1998

31979Percy Montgomery, P1/22053, 2 Sqdn. (South African Army), aged 40. Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #351. Lt F.A. Montanari was leader of a flight of four Mustangs conducting an armed reconnaissance from Inchon to Majon-ni. While flying above cloud, he informed his flight that he was going below to have a closer look at a road. While flying down the side of a hill at 2000 feet, his aircraft was hit by flak, and immediately began streaming glycol coolant as he climbed again to 3000 feet. He flicked into a slight spin, recovered briefly and attempted to crash-land in a shallow riverbed, but his aircraft disintegrated on impact.

1998

32848Major Douglas Gardiner Scott, 69293041, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (SA Army), aged 18. Died at 1 Mil Hospital from medical causes.

2003

37857Constable Leon Thubane, 490404-4, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South African Police Service), aged 21. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

2009

34506Inspector Tomas Dlamini, 0160897-5, Gauteng (South African Police Service), aged 49. Died on active service.

2013

42873Constable Lubisi, 7134938-3, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 10 January

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1896 30390 — Trooper David Fraser, 1459, "G" Troop (Bechuanaland Border Police), aged 19. Died of wounds, received in Jameson Raid.

- 1900 47556 — Burgher Jan Dirkse Johannes Basch, Lydenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 20. Killed in action, Lydenburg Ambulans.

- 1900 46682 — Burgher Matthys Casparus Du Plessis, Kroonstad (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Platrand.

- 1901 44442 — Burgher Burgert Federik Van Der Walt, Pretoria Commando (Boer Forces), aged 35. Killed in action, Blesbokspruit, Springs.

- 1902 48213 — Burgher Johannes Lodewicus Pretorius, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 30. Died of tuberculous meningitis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1915 920 — Rifleman William Bainbridge, R/5753, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.

- 1915 11460 — Private Norman Keppel Jones, 17618, 2nd Bn. (East Lancashire Regiment), aged 26. Killed in action.

- 1915 20691 — Rifleman Lloyd Owen Lloyd Price, R/5798, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 30. Killed in action.

- 1915 25530 — Captain Richard Tryon, 6th Bn. (Rifle Brigade). Killed in action.

- 1915 27145 — Burgher Christiaan Stephanus Marthinus Van Zyl, 334, Clanwilliam Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Drowned, in Orange River, at Hendries.

- 1916 20454 — Private Godfrey Poisart, 7249, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of fractured skull, at King George Hospital.

- 1917 3207 — Second Lieutenant Clement John Byron, 2nd Bn. (Honourable Artillery Company), aged 21. Killed in action, in operations on the Ancre.

- 1917 3271 — Sapper Peter Cameron Black Cameron, SC/46, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 40. Died of cancer of stomach.

- 1917 5856 — Labourer Jim Dolodo, 7625, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Dar es Salaam.

- 1917 8396 — Lance Corporal Wilfrid Cyril Goodwin, CM/81, South African Motor Cyclist Corps. Died of abscess on liver and dysentery.

- 1917 10203 — Private Norman Honey, 9362, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed by accidental explosion of bombs whilst on duty.

- 1917 11205 — Private Duncan McIntosh Joel, 8742, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed by accidental explosion of bombs whilst on duty.

- 1917 12264 — Sergeant Thomas Eric King, 1125, 1st (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 22. Died of dysentery.

- 1917 16715 — Private Charles Scott Milne, 9366, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing after an accidental explosion of bombs.

- 1917 20755 — Private William Henry John Pritchard, 957, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds, received in accidental bomb explosion.

- 1917 21610 — Private Thomas John Roberts, 1111, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed by accidental explosion of bombs whilst on duty.

- 1918 11597 — Private Johannes Lodewicus Joubert, MT/6644, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 27. Died of septicemia, at sea.

- 1918 14465 — Private Jan Mafuna, 7726, 15th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 36. Died of pneumonia, at sea.

- 1918 15169 — Private Johannes Marks, 6525, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 28. Died of cerebral malaria.

- 1918 15780 — Private Biyela Mbomvu (Mbomore), 8944, 20th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.

- 1918 19994 — Driver George Harry Perry, MT/7135, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 42. Died of dysentery.

- 1918 27788 — Private Daniel Wasserman, 14567, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action.

- 1919 41349 — Native Constable Paul Mdwali, 956, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died on active service.

- 1919 26777 — Private John James Christopher Van Dyk, 14709, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Died at sea, sudden failure of weak heart brought on by chronic rheumatism, en route U.K. to South Africa, on "Cawdor Castle".

- 1920 7232 — Lance Corporal George Lee Flanagan, 7762, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia.

- 1920 28762 — Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood, No. 1 Technical Wireless School (Royal Air Force), aged 28. Two days after Christmas in 1919, Lt. Charles Campbell Wood of the Royal Air Force earned a small place in history, but he earned it the hard way. Near midnight on a cold London winter evening Campbell Wood heard a call for help from the Thames. Rushing onto the western, upriver side of the Hammersmith Bridge, he saw a woman in peril, caught in the river's flow and in dire danger of expiring. Diving into the river to rescue her, Campbell Wood saved the woman's life. But in so doing, he also severely injured his head, and this eventually brought about his death in hospital from tetanus. Today the only reminder of his story is a small brass plaque on a handrail, which marks the spot on the bridge where Campbell Wood dived into the Thames to risk his life to save the life of a complete stranger.

- 1924 29577 — Gunner Reginald Lewis Brand, 79013876, Western Province Command Signal Unit (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 30. Died of broncho pneumonia and cardiac failure, at Bloemfontein Mental Hospital.

- 1941 12503 — Sub-Lieutenant (A) Norman Alford Koelges, H.M.S. Daedalus (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve). Died in Aircraft Accident, flew into hillside in bad visibility.

- 1942 3694 — Air Mechanic Cheyne, 100629, South African Air Force, aged 32. Died on active service.

- 1942 7266 — Sergeant Martin Cargill Fletcher, 778412, 83 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Killed in action, Hampden AE133 was hit by flak and crashed at Kampen on the island of Sylt.

- 1942 14347 — Private MacLeod, W/157004, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 41. Died on active service.

- 1942 18598 — Leading Aircraftman Joseph Douglas Nevitt, 777925, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard N7109, near Salisbury, Rhodesia.

- 1942 18802 — Second Lieutenant Geoffrey Niesewand, 33314, 42 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died of injuries, received Jan. 6th in aircraft accident, crashed low flying, in Northrop Nomad Mk I #1267.

- 1942 24383 — Sapper Johannes H Strybis, 186600, 3 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1942 27826 — Sapper Stephen Watkins, 19965, 3 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 19. Killed in action.

- 1943 885 — Warrant Officer Clarence Charles Nelson Bailey, 928619, 39 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 28. Killed in action, Beaufort I X8934, missing on cross-country flight.

- 1943 10777 — Second Officer Gerald Michael Jackson, M.V. British Dominion (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 25. Whilst operating with Convoy TM-1. Torpedoed and damaged by U-522 as well torpedoed, gunfire and coup de grace, sunk by U-620. En route London & Loch Ewe for Boston & Trinidad.

- 1943 11905 — Corporal Henry Joseph Keating, 65283, 6th Bn. (1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces), aged 64. Died on active service.

- 1943 16071 — Private William McKenna, C/301687, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 22204 — Private Samson, C/273167, 1st Bn. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 43. Died on active service.

- 1944 1479 — Lieutenant Colonel Charlotte Bailey Bekker, W/5735, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 58. Died of coronary thrombosis.

- 1944 10971 — Private Kangombe Jam, NRA/10725, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1944 18375 — Private Jantji Nchaki, N/25991, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of stab wound to heart.

- 1944 27448 — Private Paul A N Vissian, 283336V, Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1945 7645 — Air Sergeant Walter Freel, 100260V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 44. Died of fractured skull.

- 1945 7879 — Askari Garikayi, 1123, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.

- 1945 8210 — Gunner Cyril James Gilpin, 313871V, 43 Lt. A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.

- 1945 15815 — Private McBride, W/309552, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Died on active service.

- 1945 20279 — Private David Pieterse, C/286613V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.

- 1945 22122 — Private Saal, M/24266, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1945 24361 — Lieutenant Ian Burton Stretton, 206730, Israel RAF (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, in Spitfire.

- 1945 25024 — Air Mechanic Nicolaas Christiaan Thirion, 581340V, South African Air Force, aged 33. Died of respiratory failure whilst under anesthesia.

- 1945 25670 — Lieutenant Melville Haigh Louis Tweedie, 103498V, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, hit by flak 10 miles East of Porto Garibaldi, baled out over sea, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #PT791.

- 1946 5472 — Private Cornelius Christiaan De Wet-Vos, 146526, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1947 2108 — Private George Booysen, C/274299, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 42. Died of heart failure, after discharge.

- 1972 29648 — Second Lieutenant Johannes Daniel Burger, 65430373V, 6 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed near George, in AT-6 Harvard #7034.

- 1973 34641 — Constable Cornelius Johannes Esterhuizen, W45624B, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1976 32643 — Rifleman Andries Jacobus Rautenbach, 73437568BA, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died in Shooting Incident, at Rundu.

- 1977 39049 — District Assistant Michael John Chanowa, 730045, 3 Maintenance Unit (Internal Affairs), aged 19. Killed in action at Sipolilo.

- 1977 39122 — Agricultural Demonstrator Petros Chitima, 528182, Depot (Internal Affairs), aged 27. Killed in action at Melsetter.

- 1977 30514 — Rifleman Willem Johan Gracia, 76901990SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 40. Killed in action, in a contact with the enemy.

- 1978 39014 — Warrent Officer II Elliot Bvucherayi, 78976149SWH, 102 Battalion (Rhodesia Army), aged 26. Murdered by insurgents.

- 1978 40039 — District Security Assistant Meta Richard Ncube, 660415, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 27. Murdered, by insurgents in the Plumtree area, Op Tangent.

- 1980 40711 — Field Reservist Trevor W Girdlestone, 5477, 1st Battalion (British South Africa Police), aged 20. Died on active service.

- 1982 33619 — Rifleman Abel Albertus Van Wyk, 78561545BG, 2 SA Cape Corps (1 Parachute Battalion), aged 19. Died in Shooting Accident, accidental discharge.

- 1984 29913 — Rifleman Joao Dala, 81553596SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 29. Killed in action, contact with FAPLA forces NE of Techamutete, Angola during Operation Askari. Buffel APC detonated landmine.

- 1984 31548 — Rifleman Isaac Malonga, 80830409SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 35. Killed in action, contact with FAPLA forces NE of Techamutete, Angola during Operation Askari. Buffel APC detonated landmine.

- 1991 41810 — Seaman Richard Levin, 88618087BG, School of Signals (1 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 18. Died of head injuries, received in private vehicle accident on the corner of Essenwood Road and Berea Road, Durban.

- 1998 31857 — Rifleman Cecil Patrick Meko, 96845268, 3 South African Infantry Battalion (SA Army), aged 23. Died in Military Vehicle Accident,at Ellisras. Vehicle rode over him while he was sleeping.

- 1998 31979 — Percy Montgomery, P1/22053, 2 Sqdn. (South African Army), aged 40. Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #351. Lt F.A. Montanari was leader of a flight of four Mustangs conducting an armed reconnaissance from Inchon to Majon-ni. While flying above cloud, he informed his flight that he was going below to have a closer look at a road. While flying down the side of a hill at 2000 feet, his aircraft was hit by flak, and immediately began streaming glycol coolant as he climbed again to 3000 feet. He flicked into a slight spin, recovered briefly and attempted to crash-land in a shallow riverbed, but his aircraft disintegrated on impact.

- 1998 32848 — Major Douglas Gardiner Scott, 69293041, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (SA Army), aged 18. Died at 1 Mil Hospital  from medical causes.

- 2003 37857 — Constable Leon Thubane, 490404-4, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South African Police Service), aged 21. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 2009 34506 — Inspector Tomas Dlamini, 0160897-5, Gauteng (South African Police Service), aged 49. Died on active service.

- 2013 42873 — Constable Lubisi, 7134938-3, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

ON THIS DAY

10 January

On This Day — 10 January

Deaths on 10 January by Year