On This Day

On This Day — 12 November

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899

46741Burgher Jan Frederik Edward Deysel, Bethal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Hartbeestdraai.

1899

46742Burgher Leonard Barend Deyzel, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Modderfontein.

1899

44289Burgher Paul Hendrik F. Van Niekerk, Ficksburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Magersfontein.

1900

47906Burgher Jacobus Johannes Fick, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 21. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1900

48442Burgher Hermanus Bernardus Pieters, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 51. Died of bronchitis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1901

46205Burgher Casparus Johannes Hildebrand, Bloemhof Commando (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Darling/Malmesbury KK.

1901

45787Burgher Philippus Jacobus Liebenberg, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, Bloubank/Valsfontein, Fauresmith.

1901

44356Burgher Pieter Willem Van Heerden, Boer Forces, aged 42. Killed in action, Tarkastad.

1901

44111Burgher Nicolaas Van Wyk, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Colesberg.

1914

1176Corporal Reginald John Martin Barnett, 6328, 1st (Royal) Dragoons. Killed in action.

1914

4515Private James Cornock, 8089, 1st Bn. (Royal Scots Fusiliers). Missing, Death Presumed.

1914

5343Burgher Hendrik Joseph De Koker, Brand's Horse (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

5881Burgher John Malcolm Donaldson, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Died of wounds, received at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

6771Burgher Jan Christoffel Esterhuizen, Philipolis Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

7689Lieutenant William Chapman Friend, Myburg's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

13595Burgher Norman Frank Lilford, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

14985Burgher William Frederick Ethelred Mansfield, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

16680Burgher Solomon Miller, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1914

26592Burgher Michiel Stephanus Van Der Linde, Reddersburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of wounds, received at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

1915

41000Labourer Jack Kandi, 23606, Railway and Harbour Base Workshops (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 22. Died of scurvy.

1916

189Private Cecil John Wilton Adcock, 7370, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of enteric fever.

1916

11333Private Andrew Lewis Johnston, 2247, 6th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 25. Killed in action, in Gueudecourt sector, Somme.

1916

12599Driver John Kovoza, 352, South African Field Artillery. Died of tuberculosis.

1916

13243Donkey Driver Klaas Lefela, 12101, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Turiani.

1916

13464Labourer Petrus Levine, 2664, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Kassangu.

1916

14043Private Lupiya, M/114, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action, at Songea.

1916

14776Flight Sub-Lieutenant Francis Arthur Rivers Malet, Dunkirk NAS (Royal Naval Air Service), aged 23. Died in accident, UK.

1916

15787Private Mbujane, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action, shot in the head by German sniper, on fifth day of Siege of Malangali.

1916

17806Pack Leader Tom Mpikwa, 3105, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Dar Es Salaam.

1916

18571Private Arthur Oscar Nerenz, 7150, 6th Bn. (Durham Light Infantry). Died of wounds.

1916

22053Private Rupea, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action, at Songea.

1916

27914Private Frederick Steeme Weaver, 4294, 19th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 19. Killed in action, hit in head by rifle grenade that killed him instantly.

1917

4629Private John Craig, 35560, 4th Bn. (Royal Scots). Killed in action, in Palestine.

1917

10549Driver David Hunter, 20558, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Lukeledi.

1917

12176Labourer Andries Khomoamakoko, 1349, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Maseru, Basutoland.

1917

20361Private Frederick George Pitfield, 12851, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received 14th October.

1917

22924Sergeant Alfred George Shepard, 8700, 3rd Bn. (Royal Berkshire Regiment), aged 26. Died on active service.

1917

28457Private Jacob Williams, 6356, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 16. Died of heat stroke.

1918

2005Corporal Charles Leonard Boardman, 8, 1st Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps). Died of wounds.

1918

4018Private Cornelius Johannes Cloete, 18036, 1st Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 22. Died of wounds.

1918

4605Constable Pieter Andries Cox, 722, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 23. Died of influenza.

1918

5756Driver Klaas Dinjana, HT/2881, 255th Coy. (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport). Died of influenza.

1918

8190Sergeant Frederick Joseph Gillespie, 86, 1st Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 37. Died of wounds.

1918

9447Constable Lourens Erasmus Hattingh, 879, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 23. Died at Swakopmund.

1918

9877Company Serjeant Major Charles William Hilditch, 12035, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of influenza.

1918

18860Private Ishmael Nkhabu, 20683, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of bronchitis.

1918

19141Private Philip Nyelenda, M/1892, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, in East Africa.

1918

27434Private Gerrit Visser, 176, South African Railway Services, aged 50. Died on active service.

1930

34335Constable Dirk Arnoldus Coetzee, 439011-3, 6 Dist (Laingsburg) CW Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1940

5438Second Lieutenant Clifford Cawood Theron De Villiers-Lubbe, 47831, 62 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during aerobatics at low altitude, in Avro 621 Tutor #728.

1940

19663Deck Hand Stuart Crawford Parker, S.S. Balmore (Glasgow) (Merchant Navy), aged 33. Bombed and sunk by German aircraft about 300 miles S.W. of Ireland.

1940

25252Civilian Albert Thomas Till, Civilian War Dead, aged 40. Injured at 31 Mitcham Park; died same day at Wilson Hospital.

1940

27365Second Lieutenant Viljoen, 47871, 62 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during aerobatics at low altitude, in Avro 621 Tutor #728.

1941

291Lieutenant Alfred William Alder, 103297, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, shot down by Bf109s near Tobruk, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN438.

1941

1876Pupil Pilot John Cedric Blackbeard, 205930, 4 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 20. Died in Aircraft Accident, collided during aerobatics, crashed, in De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth #2144.

1941

2822Private Robert William Brown, 78998, 1st Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of abscess of right lung.

1941

3660Pilot Officer Thomas George Gibbon Chater, 115323, 55 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 29. Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Z9549, crashed near Fuka, Egypt.

1941

13085Lance Corporal Chongo Lazaro, NRA/12765, 4th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1941

16137Pupil Pilot Donald Harris McLean, 187602, 4 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, collided during aerobatics, crashed, in De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth #2166.

1941

16765Lieutenant Alexander Clifford Mitchell, 103321, 3 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtiss P75 Mohawk #2545, crashed on take off, at Yavello.

1941

24019Second Lieutenant Roger Thomas Stayne, 36898, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died on active service.

1941

25068Lieutenant John Desmond Kay Thomas, P/102823, 451 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, aircraft failed to return from operational flight, Hurricane Z4192, after a photographic survey of the enemy positions.

1942

1592Engine Room Artificer 4th Class John Frank Bennett, 330351, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, at sea, whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

1942

4434Pupil Pilot William George Coombs, 207370, 22 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #323, crashed.

1942

10007Signaller Leonard C Hoare, 582227, South African Corps of Signals. Died on active service.

1942

13714Engine Room Artificer 4th Class George Herbert Lloyd, 330353, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 32. Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

1942

19070Private Tseko Ntsane, AS/7484, 1901 (Basuto) Coy. (African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)), aged 37. Died on active service.

1942

19907Able Seaman Charles Victor Peers, 562653, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 26. Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

1942

23534Electrical Artificer 4th Class Ian Ranald Smith, 68478, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 28. Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

1942

24601Private Swarts, C/301890, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1942

26456Leading Telegraphist Christopher James Utterton, D/SSX 28755, H.M.S. Hecla (Royal Navy). Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

1943

1878Bombardier Ronald Blackburn, 78735, South African Artillery, aged 25. Died of asphyxia, due to central respiratory failure.

1943

3496Trooper Cecil Casey, 213804, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 27. Died whilst a POW, at Stalag IV-D.

1943

3885Lieutenant Bryan Edward Heather Clark, 42772V, South African Armoured Corps, aged 22. Killed in action, while having been seconded to the British Forces as Infantry reinforcements. He was killed during the attack by German paratroopers and landing forces on Leros Island, Greece.

1943

8833Private Henry Groenewald, C/320189, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 41. Died on active service.

1943

10542Private Thomas David Wiltshire Hunt, 235124V, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 47. Died on active service.

1943

11267Private Hendrik Johnson, C/274314, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Accidentally killed, in oil tank explosion.

1943

13003Sergeant Laurie MacLaren Laurenson, 19844, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died on active service.

1943

14710Private William Makuba, N/17091, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of perforated duodenal ulcer.

1943

15204Flight Sergeant Abel Daniel Louis De Lange Marsberg, 207025V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

1943

19691Lieutenant Ronald George Parry, 210932V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

1943

20546Lance Corporal Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter, 39234V, South African Tank Corps, aged 39. Died on active service.

1943

21224Captain Alan Gardiner Redfern, 291976, King's Royal Rifle Corps, aged 37. Killed in action, at Leros. He was killed in action instantly by machine gun fire on Leros whilst leading a composite LRDG and SBS party in a close struggle with 500 German parachutists who had been dropped on the narrow strip between Gurna and Alinda bays.

1943

22654Private Wellington Sekele, N/55851, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received in location fight.

1943

25239Corporal Ticharewa, 8087, British South African Police. Died on active service.

1943

27152Warrant Officer Class I Van Zyl, 206472V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

1943

28968Lieutenant Rodney Halcott Yaldwyn, 205733V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

1944

315Lieutenant George Ure Alexander, 14690V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action.

1944

2915Lieutenant John Robert Brydone, 205929V, 7 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Port Elizabeth, in Hawker Hurricane Mk II #5254.

1944

6723Private Pieter W Erasmus, 703067, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 59. Died on active service.

1944

13204Sapper Douglas Melville Lee, 76117, 4 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 26. Died as a POW, captured at Tobruk.

1944

13211Corporal James McCallum Lee, 213969, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 37. Died in blizzard, after escaping from Italian Prisoner of War camp. Captured at Tobruk.

1944

13216Sapper Robert McCallum Lee, 75580, 4 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Died in blizzard, after escaping from Italian Prisoner of War camp. Captured at Tobruk.

1944

26510Corporal Bernardus Daniel Van Biljon, 176138, South African Medical Corps, aged 43. Died on active service.

1945

9909Private Raymond Thorolf Hillestad, 591825V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Died in motorcycle accident, drove his motorbike into the back of a car and died in a car accident, in Italy, on active service.

1945

26529Private Borris Frederick Van Buuren, 32800V, 1st Bn. (Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces), aged 27. Died of natural causes, wounded on 23 July 1944, shrapnel wound to his back and left leg, and evacuated back to South Africa. He remained a patient of the Johannesburg General Hospital.

1947

23636Air Sergeant Smith, 208885, South African Air Force, aged 69. Died on active service.

1963

33756Corporal Gideon Jacobus Visser, 45480, 16 Maintenance Unit (South African Artillery Corps), aged 33. Died in Military Vehicle Accident.

1974

33774Rifleman Barend Johannes Andries Vorster, 72434848N, 2 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died in Freak Accident, drowned, at Bangani. He went to collect water at the river but disappeared under the water.

1975

31099Rifleman Gideon Joubert Klopper, 72475403BA, 3 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Freak Accident. Killed by lightning while busy with an agricultural task in 3 Sub Area.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 12 November

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1899 46741 — Burgher Jan Frederik Edward Deysel, Bethal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Hartbeestdraai.

- 1899 46742 — Burgher Leonard Barend Deyzel, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Modderfontein.

- 1899 44289 — Burgher Paul Hendrik F. Van Niekerk, Ficksburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Magersfontein.

- 1900 47906 — Burgher Jacobus Johannes Fick, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 21. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1900 48442 — Burgher Hermanus Bernardus Pieters, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 51. Died of bronchitis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1901 46205 — Burgher Casparus Johannes Hildebrand, Bloemhof Commando (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Darling/Malmesbury KK.

- 1901 45787 — Burgher Philippus Jacobus Liebenberg, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, Bloubank/Valsfontein, Fauresmith.

- 1901 44356 — Burgher Pieter Willem Van Heerden, Boer Forces, aged 42. Killed in action, Tarkastad.

- 1901 44111 — Burgher Nicolaas Van Wyk, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Colesberg.

- 1914 1176 — Corporal Reginald John Martin Barnett, 6328, 1st (Royal) Dragoons. Killed in action.

- 1914 4515 — Private James Cornock, 8089, 1st Bn. (Royal Scots Fusiliers). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1914 5343 — Burgher Hendrik Joseph De Koker, Brand's Horse (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 5881 — Burgher John Malcolm Donaldson, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Died of wounds, received at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 6771 — Burgher Jan Christoffel Esterhuizen, Philipolis Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 7689 — Lieutenant William Chapman Friend, Myburg's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 13595 — Burgher Norman Frank Lilford, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 14985 — Burgher William Frederick Ethelred Mansfield, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 16680 — Burgher Solomon Miller, Brand's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1914 26592 — Burgher Michiel Stephanus Van Der Linde, Reddersburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of wounds, received at Mushroom Valley. Action where De Wet was defeated.

- 1915 41000 — Labourer Jack Kandi, 23606, Railway and Harbour Base Workshops (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 22. Died of scurvy.

- 1916 189 — Private Cecil John Wilton Adcock, 7370, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of enteric fever.

- 1916 11333 — Private Andrew Lewis Johnston, 2247, 6th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 25. Killed in action, in Gueudecourt sector, Somme.

- 1916 12599 — Driver John Kovoza, 352, South African Field Artillery. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1916 13243 — Donkey Driver Klaas Lefela, 12101, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Turiani.

- 1916 13464 — Labourer Petrus Levine, 2664, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Kassangu.

- 1916 14043 — Private Lupiya, M/114, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action, at Songea.

- 1916 14776 — Flight Sub-Lieutenant Francis Arthur Rivers Malet, Dunkirk NAS (Royal Naval Air Service), aged 23. Died in accident, UK.

- 1916 15787 — Private Mbujane, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action, shot in the head by German sniper, on fifth day of Siege of Malangali.

- 1916 17806 — Pack Leader Tom Mpikwa, 3105, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Dar Es Salaam.

- 1916 18571 — Private Arthur Oscar Nerenz, 7150, 6th Bn. (Durham Light Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1916 22053 — Private Rupea, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action, at Songea.

- 1916 27914 — Private Frederick Steeme Weaver, 4294, 19th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 19. Killed in action, hit in head by rifle grenade that killed him instantly.

- 1917 4629 — Private John Craig, 35560, 4th Bn. (Royal Scots). Killed in action, in Palestine.

- 1917 10549 — Driver David Hunter, 20558, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Lukeledi.

- 1917 12176 — Labourer Andries Khomoamakoko, 1349, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Maseru, Basutoland.

- 1917 20361 — Private Frederick George Pitfield, 12851, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received 14th October.

- 1917 22924 — Sergeant Alfred George Shepard, 8700, 3rd Bn. (Royal Berkshire Regiment), aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1917 28457 — Private Jacob Williams, 6356, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 16. Died of heat stroke.

- 1918 2005 — Corporal Charles Leonard Boardman, 8, 1st Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps). Died of wounds.

- 1918 4018 — Private Cornelius Johannes Cloete, 18036, 1st Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 22. Died of wounds.

- 1918 4605 — Constable Pieter Andries Cox, 722, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 23. Died of influenza.

- 1918 5756 — Driver Klaas Dinjana, HT/2881, 255th Coy. (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport). Died of influenza.

- 1918 8190 — Sergeant Frederick Joseph Gillespie, 86, 1st Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 37. Died of wounds.

- 1918 9447 — Constable Lourens Erasmus Hattingh, 879, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 23. Died at Swakopmund.

- 1918 9877 — Company Serjeant Major Charles William Hilditch, 12035, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of influenza.

- 1918 18860 — Private Ishmael Nkhabu, 20683, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of bronchitis.

- 1918 19141 — Private Philip Nyelenda, M/1892, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, in East Africa.

- 1918 27434 — Private Gerrit Visser, 176, South African Railway Services, aged 50. Died on active service.

- 1930 34335 — Constable Dirk Arnoldus Coetzee, 439011-3, 6 Dist (Laingsburg) CW Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1940 5438 — Second Lieutenant Clifford Cawood Theron De Villiers-Lubbe, 47831, 62 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during aerobatics at low altitude, in Avro 621 Tutor #728.

- 1940 19663 — Deck Hand Stuart Crawford Parker, S.S. Balmore (Glasgow) (Merchant Navy), aged 33. Bombed and sunk by German aircraft about 300 miles S.W. of Ireland.

- 1940 25252 — Civilian Albert Thomas Till, Civilian War Dead, aged 40. Injured at 31 Mitcham Park; died same day at Wilson Hospital.

- 1940 27365 — Second Lieutenant Viljoen, 47871, 62 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during aerobatics at low altitude, in Avro 621 Tutor #728.

- 1941 291 — Lieutenant Alfred William Alder, 103297, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, shot down by Bf109s near Tobruk, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN438.

- 1941 1876 — Pupil Pilot John Cedric Blackbeard, 205930, 4 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 20. Died in Aircraft Accident, collided during aerobatics, crashed, in De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth #2144.

- 1941 2822 — Private Robert William Brown, 78998, 1st Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of abscess of right lung.

- 1941 3660 — Pilot Officer Thomas George Gibbon Chater, 115323, 55 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 29. Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Z9549, crashed near Fuka, Egypt.

- 1941 13085 — Lance Corporal Chongo Lazaro, NRA/12765, 4th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1941 16137 — Pupil Pilot Donald Harris McLean, 187602, 4 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, collided during aerobatics, crashed, in De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth #2166.

- 1941 16765 — Lieutenant Alexander Clifford Mitchell, 103321, 3 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtiss P75 Mohawk #2545, crashed on take off, at Yavello.

- 1941 24019 — Second Lieutenant Roger Thomas Stayne, 36898, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died on active service.

- 1941 25068 — Lieutenant John Desmond Kay Thomas, P/102823, 451 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, aircraft failed to return from operational flight, Hurricane Z4192, after a photographic survey of the enemy positions.

- 1942 1592 — Engine Room Artificer 4th Class John Frank Bennett, 330351, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, at sea, whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

- 1942 4434 — Pupil Pilot William George Coombs, 207370, 22 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #323, crashed.

- 1942 10007 — Signaller Leonard C Hoare, 582227, South African Corps of Signals. Died on active service.

- 1942 13714 — Engine Room Artificer 4th Class George Herbert Lloyd, 330353, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 32. Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

- 1942 19070 — Private Tseko Ntsane, AS/7484, 1901 (Basuto) Coy. (African Pioneer Corps (H.C.T.)), aged 37. Died on active service.

- 1942 19907 — Able Seaman Charles Victor Peers, 562653, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 26. Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

- 1942 23534 — Electrical Artificer 4th Class Ian Ranald Smith, 68478, H.M.S. Hecla (South African Naval Forces), aged 28. Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

- 1942 24601 — Private Swarts, C/301890, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1942 26456 — Leading Telegraphist Christopher James Utterton, D/SSX 28755, H.M.S. Hecla (Royal Navy). Whilst operating with Convoy Torch. Torpedoed and sunk by U-515.

- 1943 1878 — Bombardier Ronald Blackburn, 78735, South African Artillery, aged 25. Died of asphyxia, due to central respiratory failure.

- 1943 3496 — Trooper Cecil Casey, 213804, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 27. Died whilst a POW, at Stalag IV-D.

- 1943 3885 — Lieutenant Bryan Edward Heather Clark, 42772V, South African Armoured Corps, aged 22. Killed in action, while having been seconded to the British Forces as Infantry reinforcements. He was killed during the attack by German paratroopers and landing forces on Leros Island, Greece.

- 1943 8833 — Private Henry Groenewald, C/320189, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 41. Died on active service.

- 1943 10542 — Private Thomas David Wiltshire Hunt, 235124V, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 47. Died on active service.

- 1943 11267 — Private Hendrik Johnson, C/274314, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Accidentally killed, in oil tank explosion.

- 1943 13003 — Sergeant Laurie MacLaren Laurenson, 19844, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died on active service.

- 1943 14710 — Private William Makuba, N/17091, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of perforated duodenal ulcer.

- 1943 15204 — Flight Sergeant Abel Daniel Louis De Lange Marsberg, 207025V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

- 1943 19691 — Lieutenant Ronald George Parry, 210932V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

- 1943 20546 — Lance Corporal Jacobus Christoffel Potgieter, 39234V, South African Tank Corps, aged 39. Died on active service.

- 1943 21224 — Captain Alan Gardiner Redfern, 291976, King's Royal Rifle Corps, aged 37. Killed in action, at Leros. He was killed in action instantly by machine gun fire on Leros whilst leading a composite LRDG and SBS party in a close struggle with 500 German parachutists who had been dropped on the narrow strip between Gurna and Alinda bays.

- 1943 22654 — Private Wellington Sekele, N/55851, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received in location fight.

- 1943 25239 — Corporal Ticharewa, 8087, British South African Police. Died on active service.

- 1943 27152 — Warrant Officer Class I Van Zyl, 206472V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

- 1943 28968 — Lieutenant Rodney Halcott Yaldwyn, 205733V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, missing Kos, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA446.

- 1944 315 — Lieutenant George Ure Alexander, 14690V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action.

- 1944 2915 — Lieutenant John Robert Brydone, 205929V, 7 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Port Elizabeth, in Hawker Hurricane Mk II #5254.

- 1944 6723 — Private Pieter W Erasmus, 703067, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 59. Died on active service.

- 1944 13204 — Sapper Douglas Melville Lee, 76117, 4 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 26. Died as a POW, captured at Tobruk.

- 1944 13211 — Corporal James McCallum Lee, 213969, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 37. Died in blizzard, after escaping from Italian Prisoner of War camp. Captured at Tobruk.

- 1944 13216 — Sapper Robert McCallum Lee, 75580, 4 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Died in blizzard, after escaping from Italian Prisoner of War camp. Captured at Tobruk.

- 1944 26510 — Corporal Bernardus Daniel Van Biljon, 176138, South African Medical Corps, aged 43. Died on active service.

- 1945 9909 — Private Raymond Thorolf Hillestad, 591825V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Died in motorcycle accident, drove his motorbike into the back of a car and died in a car accident, in Italy, on active service.

- 1945 26529 — Private Borris Frederick Van Buuren, 32800V, 1st Bn. (Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces), aged 27. Died of natural causes, wounded on 23 July 1944, shrapnel wound to his back and left leg, and evacuated back to South Africa. He remained a patient of the Johannesburg General Hospital.

- 1947 23636 — Air Sergeant Smith, 208885, South African Air Force, aged 69. Died on active service.

- 1963 33756 — Corporal Gideon Jacobus Visser, 45480, 16 Maintenance Unit (South African Artillery Corps), aged 33. Died in Military Vehicle Accident.

- 1974 33774 — Rifleman Barend Johannes Andries Vorster, 72434848N, 2 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died in Freak Accident, drowned, at Bangani. He went to collect water at the river but disappeared under the water.

- 1975 31099 — Rifleman Gideon Joubert Klopper, 72475403BA, 3 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Freak Accident. Killed by lightning while busy with an agricultural task in 3 Sub Area.

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