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ON THIS DAY

11 May

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 11 May

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
45865Burgher Christiaan Laade, Boer Forces, aged 47. Killed in action, Dannhauser, Natal.
1900
45104Burgher Willem Thomas Richards, State Artillery Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Boschrand, Helpmekaar.
1900
46112Burgher J.j. Van Vuuren, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Mafeking.
1900
44132Burgher Jesaja Jeremia Van Vuuren, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 37. Killed in action, Mafeking.
1902
48197Burgher Johannes Nicholas Stefanus Strydom, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 48. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1915
1991Captain Dougall Blue, 2nd Bn. (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)), aged 36. Died of wounds.
1915
40994Labourer Tom Jani, K/976, 3rd Regt. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 22. Died of dysentery.
1915
12727Labourer Franz Kumalo, 12807, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of syncope, No. 2 General Hospital, Maitland.
1916
4591Airman 1st Class James Henry Cowle, Z/178, 26th (South African) Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps). Died of ruptured spleen.
1916
21952Private Walter Rowan, 4945, 9th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.
1916
27672Private William Walter, PO/7997, H.M.S. "Challenger" (Royal Marine Light Infantry), aged 37. Died of disease.
1917
2581Lieutenant Humphrey Herbert Orlando Bridgeman, Household Battalion, aged 25. Killed in action.
1917
40652Second Lieutenant Walter Maynard Hoyle, 649991, attd. Royal Flying Corps (Norfolk Regiment), aged 18. Died of pneumonia.
1917
16005Private John Silver McGregor, 6059, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Died of wounds.
1917
17345Labourer Johannes Moolman, 17199, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, on train, returning to South Africa, at Graaff-Reinet.
1917
19261Private Jan Hendrik Oelofse, 13606, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of malaria.
1917
21975Private Thomas Estcourt Rowles, 3509, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 51. Died of inflammation of kidneys and uraemic coma, at the Frontier Hospital, Queenstown.
1917
22479Corporal Peter Robert Schuin, 669, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of malaria.
1917
22651Labourer John Sejohn, 1082, attd. South African Veterinary Corps (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of dysentery, at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.
1917
23312Private Charles Stanley Slade, 2518, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of wounds.
1917
25519Airman 1st Class Arthur Trusson, 40181, 48th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps). Killed in action, Observer on Bristol F2b, shot down in flames near Fresnes (Pas de Calais, north of Arras) possibly by Lt Allmenroder, Ja11.
1917
25540Labourer Joseph Tse, 19143, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at pneumonia, at Dar Es Salaam.
1918
12734Private Simon Kumelen, 14456, 26th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
16607Private Golf Miema, 15106, 27th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
18422Private Krause Ndhlovu, 25371, 27th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pneumonia.
1918
19802Conductor Joseph Paulsen, 1983, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps). Died in railway accident.
1918
21661Lance Corporal Edward George Robins, A/7473, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles). Died on active service.
1919
41431Native Constable Samuel Tinta, 435, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 36. Died of tuberculosis, while awaiting discharge, boarded medically unfit.
1922
37040Plain Clothes Constable Albert Cortney Michael O'Connor, 4083 (F), District 39 Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 29. Died of unknown medical reason.
1941
2920Sapper William Henry Bubb, 141987, South African Engineer Corps, aged 45. Died on active service.
1941
4720Warrant Officer Class II Robert Errington Crosley, 190483, South African Engineer Corps, aged 56. Died at Premier Mine military hospital.
1941
12121Corporal Daniel Kgaje, N/4516, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died of heat exhaustion.
1941
15844Lieutenant Gerald McCarthy, 2852, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died on active service, Kenya.
1941
26356Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier. Died on active service.
1941
26357Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier. Died on active service.
1941
26358Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier. Died on active service.
1941
26360Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier. Died on active service.
1941
26361Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier. Died on active service.
1941
26362Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier. Died on active service.
1941
26425Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1942
13122Private Gerhardus Hendrik Le Roux, RLY/2014, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of malaria, while on leave at home. He contracted malaria while on duty.
1942
15691Captain Frank Barry May, 76893, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 38. Died whilst a POW.
1943
520Private George Andrew, N/35100, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1943
809Master Philip Henry Aydon, S.S. Tinhow (Glasgow) (Merchant Navy), aged 50. At 04.08 hours on 11 May, 1943, the unescorted Tinhow (Master Philip Henry Aydon) was torpedoed and sunk by U-181 about 25 miles 230 degrees from Limpoo Light in the Mozambique Channel. The master, 24 crew members and 50 passengers were lost. 41 crew members, twelve gunners and 75 passengers were picked up by Portuguese fishing boats and landed at Lourcenco Marques on 13 May.
1943
5067Lieutenant Denzil Turnbull Davidson, 205541, 24 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 35. Died in aircraft accident, 2 crew (1 RAF), hit tree while low flying, crashed in Heidelberg Hills, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3643.
1943
11952Private Alex Kekane, N/27616, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of acute nephritis.
1944
1315Able Seaman Reginald Battle, CN/72155V, H.M.S.A.S. Soetvlei (South African Naval Forces), aged 24. Drowned.
1944
11084Private William Japhtha, M/24344, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44. Died after discharge.
1944
16275Private John Mdaweni, N/68512V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of stab wounds.
1944
17387Lieutenant William Patrick Moore, 103607V, 13 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Baltimore, crashed during air test near Apricena.
1944
27622Lieutenant Hugh Hart Wallace, 329213V, 13 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29. Died in Aircraft Accident, Baltimore, crashed during air test near Apricena.
1945
502Air Sergeant William Anderson, 98164V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 37. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed Lake Victoria, in Douglas C-47 Dakota #6807.
1945
16892Private Johnson Mlungu, N/36326, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1945
21247Private Marks Reed, C/27543, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Died on active service.
1945
21461Lieutenant Johan Friederich Richter, 307630V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died of wounds, received on 16 April during the attack on Monte Sole and Monte Abelle in the vicinity of La Quercia, Italy. He had received shrapnel wounds to his back and buttocks from a mortar explosion.
1946
2266Sapper Pieter Hermanus Botha, 192976, South African Engineer Corps, aged 43. Died of lobar pneumonia.
1946
7191Corporal Sigal Fisher, M/13668, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1946
9658Private Hendricks, C/289422, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.
1946
27588Private Henry James Walker, 52945, 11 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 42. Died on active service.
1947
4082Sergeant George D Cochrane, 173577, South African Corps of Signals, aged 35. Died on active service.
1948
30357Private Daniel Jacobus Fourie, P/11025, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (Special Service Battalion), aged 17. Died of heart failure caused by rheumatic fever, at 1 Military Hospital.
1950
31393Gunner 2 Pieter Gerhardus Loubser, 4016805, RAF Upwood (Royal Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Lincoln aircraft crashed mid air, near Deversoir, Egypt.
1951
31323Lieutenant Shmuel Levinson, 175057, Air Force (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.
1959
32134Second Lieutenant Jim Zamani Myburgh, 01021922, Wklt Flt (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in aircraft accident, struck ground during low level aerobatics and crashed near Brits, in AT-6 Harvard #7702.
1966
32726Lieutenant Ian Pieter Roos, 01504919R, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Died in Aircraft Accident, Canadair CL13B Sabre #357, during a routine general flying training flight.
1971
40537Trooper Bertie Visser, 5052, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 18. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident, at Kanyemba, Sipolilo area.
1977
40547Private Frank Gabriel Ward, R123856T, Reserve Holding Unit (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 20. Died of wounds, wounded in the hip by an accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's weapon but died 2 weeks later in hospital.
1978
29396Trooper Pieter Benade, 73310047BC, 84 Technical Stores Depot (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Grahamstown.
1978
40942District Security Assistant July Mpofu, 16858, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 35. Died on active service.
1978
40618Trooper Andrew Irvine Zietsman, 111392, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action, died of wounds.
1979
38906Private Richard Barnabas, 114368, 1 Reserve Holding Unit (Rhodesian Defence Regiment), aged 33. Killed in action.
1979
35089Christoffel Francois Jordaan, NRW69104M, Witwatersrand (South African Police), aged 49. Died on active service.
1979
39521Guard Chemunhu Kanyoka, 661417, RHQ Charlie, Op Repulse (Guard Force), aged 29. Killed in action.
1979
39583Private Teddy Thomas Langton, 28103, 4th Battalion (Rhodesia Army), aged 20. Died on active service.
1979
40027Corporal Hank Naison, 91089, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 28. Murdered, by insurgents.
1979
38712Patrol Officer Steven Needham, 9540, Ground Coverage (British South Africa Police), aged 22. Killed in action, in an ambush between Devure Bridge and Birchnough Bridge, Op Repulse, when a rocket hit the escort car he was in.
1980
36906Constable Lubabalo Cedric Nkosi, S166768P, Lwandle satellite police station near the Strand (South African Police), aged 24. KOAS - COIN duty within South Africa.
1982
30152Rifleman Jacque Samuael Du Preez, 79323440BG, 3 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Intelligence Corps), aged 19. Killed in action, during an attack on the "Kanjimi Marenga" school where he was serving as a teacher. The school was situated near the police base at Nkurenkuru, West of Rundu. The teacher's quarters where Jacques and four other National Servicemen were housed, together with the Principal's house next door were specifically targeted by the insurgents. The military base, situated 1 km from the school and the school at Tondoro were also attacked during this raid. Jacques was killed instantly when a Soviet F1 hand grenade was lobbed through a window and landed on top of him where it exploded.
1982
32380Corporal Don Stoffel Olyn, 80871239SC, 911 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffel Troop Carrier overturned during a patrol in the Etosha Pan.
1985
32536Corporal Mark Anthony Pond, 82596321BG, Grp 36 HQ (South West African Territory Force), aged 22. Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Southern Angola. During the contact, a wounded insurgent had crawled under a dead tree trunk and opened fire on Mark at a range of approximately 5 metres, mortally wounding him in the chest. Despite every effort made to save him, he succumbed to his wounds before the casevac helicopter arrived.
1986
30477Special Constable Eric Sydney Godfrey, 83599704BG, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 18. Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet.
1986
32926Special Constable Simeon Shindele, 97274559, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 25. Killed in action, during a fierce contact with heavily armed PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland when their Z5S Casspir was hit by a Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket.
1986
33308Special Constable Simon Toivo, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 24. Killed in action, during a fierce contact with heavily armed PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland when their Z5S Casspir was hit by a Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket.
1986
38117Constable Ignatius Francois Van Zyl, W89397P, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 22. Killed in action, during a fierce contact with heavily armed PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland when their Z5S Casspir was hit by a Soviet RPG-7 Anti-Tank Rocket.
1988
38206Detective Lieutenant Hendrik Johannes Vorster, W81868E, Mondeor John Vorster Square Fraud Squad (South African Police), aged 28. Died on active service.
1996
37905Sergeant Patricia Jabulile Tshabalala, 0525508-2, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1998
30081Corporal Charles Matthew Dithebe, 96833959, 5 Maintenance Unit (SA Army), aged 29. Died of Medical Reason, at Soweto, while off duty.
1998
30178Rifleman Jabulani Thulanokwazi Dube, 93745503, 121 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 21. Died of Medical Reason, at Ngwelezane Hospital.
1998
36120Sergeant Rudi Mguzulo, 638525-7, 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 30. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1998
32037Rifleman Owageng Abelt Motlokoa, 86725272, 1 Parachute Battalion (SA Army), aged 23. Died of Medical Reason, at Lenz Sickbay, while on duty.
2001
42391Constable Du Plessis, 4533245-1, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.
2001
34540Constable Jacobus Marthinus Lourens Du Plessis, 533245-1, 25 Dist (Bloemfontein) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 22. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2001
34939Sergeant Willem Hendrik Hill, 636222-2, Head Office (South African Police Service), aged 31. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2001
38065Michal Helgard Van Rensburg, 5421(M), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 38. Died of Spanish Influenza.
2002
35687Senior Superintendent Jacob Johannes Mashau, 613543-9, Head Office (South African Police Service), aged 18. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
2023
43301Constable Mohase, 7227567-7, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

Deaths on 11 May by Year