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ON THIS DAY

13 November

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 13 November

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899
45137Burgher J Nicolaas Raubenheimer, Johannesburg Artillery Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Volksrust.
1900
44721Burgher Hermanus Phlippus Strydom, Boer Forces, aged 37. Killed in action, Schoonspruit, Potchefstroom.
1902
48181Burgher Andries Johannes Stefanus Van Emmenis, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 23. Died of intestinal obstruction while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1914
6693Burgher Andreas Hendrik Erasmus, Bethal Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Died of wounds, received at Mushroom Valley, on 12th November.
1914
24042Burgher Andries Johannes Hendrik Steenkamp, Brand's Column (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Died of wounds, received in Mushroom Valley.
1914
24546Burgher Jan Hendrik Swanepoel, 249, Britstown Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of wounds, received 9th November, at Scuit Drift.
1915
1744Driver Fred Beyers, 12434, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 25. Died of dysentery.
1916
514Second Lieutenant James Devereux Anderton, 10th Bn. (Suffolk Regiment), aged 25. Killed in action.
1916
2709Lieutenant Fredrick Jacob Brooks, 4th Bn. (South Staffordshire Regiment), aged 21. Killed in action.
1916
3151Conductor Joseph Butler, T/499, Animal Transport (South African Service Corps), aged 50. Died of cirrhosis of liver.
1916
4724Second Lieutenant Henry Havelock Graham Cross, 10th Bn. (Royal Dublin Fusiliers), aged 23. Killed in action.
1916
7529Second Lieutenant Dudley Collins Francis, 5th Bn. (York and Lancaster Regiment), aged 29. Killed in action.
1916
9586Ox Driver Johnson Hebe, 13372, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.
1916
11706Driver Jims Kagisho, 14537, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.
1916
12218Sub-Lieutenant Harold Kilner, Anson Bn. R.N. Div. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), aged 36. Killed in action, in Battle of Ancre.
1916
14100Corporal William John Thompson Lyon, 8233, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of anthrax.
1916
14684Leader Maserwa Makiti, 2128, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.
1916
16201Sub-Lieutenant John Archibald McMillan, Anson Bn. R.N. Div. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), aged 32. Killed in action, in Battle of Ancre.
1916
17679Koos Motlabi, 7492, South African Native Labour Bureau. East Africa.
1916
17878Driver Richard Mtomiselwa, 13746, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.
1916
18325Major Egbert Napier, General List, aged 49. Killed in action, during attack on Beaumont-Hamel.
1916
19383Second Lieutenant Frederick O'Neil, 5th Bn. (Royal Dublin Fusiliers). Killed in action.
1916
19173Sub-Lieutenant Joshua Laurence Oates, 188th T.M. Bty. R.N. Div. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), aged 22. Killed in action, north of Ancre.
1916
20233Major William Henry Pickburn, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 42. Died of wounds.
1916
20379Ox Driver Piet Pitso, 14438, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.
1916
20582Captain John Matthew Pound, 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. (Royal Marine Light Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action, in Battle of Ancre, final phase of Battle of the Somme leading up to capture of Beaucourt by 63rd (RN) Division.
1916
20826Driver John Putani, 12514, South African Native Labour Bureau. Morogoro.
1916
21071Corporal Herbert Charles Rand, 1719, 1st (South African Horse), aged 41. Died of blackwater fever.
1916
25482Second Lieutenant Cyril Claude Tripp, 3rd Bn. (The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment). Killed in action.
1916
25695Lieutenant Launcelot Adrian Hope Tyrrell, 8th Bn. (East Yorkshire Regiment). Killed in action, in unsuccessful attack on Serre.
1916
26139Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Infantry. Died on active service.
1916
28530Private William Phyllip Williams, A/113, Southern Rhodesia Column (British South African Police), aged 27. Killed in action.
1916
28645Second Lieutenant Robert Forsyth Wilson, 6th Bn. (Gordon Highlanders), aged 28. Killed in action, during attack on Beaumont-Hamel.
1917
3291Private Arthur William Campbell, 393, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of dysentery, at Dar Es Salaam.
1917
4488Corporal Thomas Frederick Corbett, 4060, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1917
6559Second Lieutenant Horace William Elliott, 3rd Bn. (Somerset Light Infantry), aged 37. Killed in action.
1917
24670Private Joseph Tabanche, 19004, 34th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.
1918
664Captain D'Urban Victor Armstrong, 151st Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 21. Killed while stunting.
1918
1156Trooper Nathaniel Emanuel Barnes, 335, 3rd Regt. (5th Mounted Brigade), aged 34. Died of influenza and pneumonia and heart failure.
1918
41284Native Constable Trevor William Bashula, 128, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 27. Died of influenza and pneumonia.
1918
1902Private Frederick George Blake, 27906, 6th Bn. (Wiltshire Regiment), aged 21. Died on active service.
1918
2440Driver William James Kellisher Bracken, MT/8615, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 17. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
4288Sergeant Tom George Collins, 20950, 11th Bn. (Canadian Infantry), aged 38. Died of influenza.
1918
4909Private Sidney John Dallas, 20511, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
6147Conductor Johannes Martinus Du Preez, T/3396, Animal Transport (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia.
1918
9782Inspector Herbert George Bertram Hesse, 102, Prisoner of War Camp Dar Es Salaam (Civil Police). Died of influenza.
1918
17582Driver Johnny Moses, HT/310, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of influenza.
1918
19239Private Patrick O'Cully, 573, 4th (South African Horse). Died of influenza.
1918
19935Private Temple De La Pole Pennefather, 21784, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of influenza.
1918
37736Constable Gabriel Stephanus Philippus Johannes Steyn, 4261(F), 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 30. Died of Spanish Influenza, at Johannesburg.
1918
28075Sergeant Solomon Schutter Wepener, 751, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary). Died of disease, at Outjo.
1940
13597Air Sergeant John Aubrey Hugh Lilley, P/655, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of aplastic anaemia.
1942
1050Private Henry Bantam, M/12686, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of heart disease.
1942
4239Major Adrian Montague Colenbrander, P/102667, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, shot down by flak, crashed in Gulf of Bomba, 4 miles East of Timini, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #EV360.
1942
4462Air Mechanic Johannes Wessel Cooper, 210474, 23 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Died in Aircraft Accident, Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6012, collided with FAA Swordfish W5975.
1942
5071Second Lieutenant George Graham Davidson, 205923, 2 Rsu Raf (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Tomahawk IIb AN395.
1942
13103Air Mechanic Le Grange, 98786, 23 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, collided with FAA Swordfish W5975, in Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6012.
1942
13221Staff Sergeant Thomas Charles Lee, 196450, South African Police, aged 44. Died of heart failure, whilst a POW.
1942
20887Captain Kenneth Arthur Quirk, P/102625, 23 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, collided with FAA Swordfish W5975, in Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6012.
1942
21602Lieutenant Ronald Roberts, 103200, 23 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in aircraft accident, collided with FAA Swordfish W5975, in Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6012.
1942
22720Stoker Seneres, S.S. Empire Nomad (Sunderland) (Merchant Navy), aged 35. Died of pneumonia, following being torpedoed and sunk by U-159. En route Beirut - Durban (9 October) - Trinidad - New York.
1942
25194Sapper Eric Gordon Thorn, 12567, 2 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 21. Died on active service.
1943
19269Pupil Pilot Christoff Oeschger, 542389V, 26 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in aircraft accident, port wing broke off in flight, crashed 2.5 miles south of Pietersburg, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3860.
1943
26878Captain Alexander Antonie Van Niekerk, 51024, South African Air Force, aged 22. Died of injuries, sustained on duty.
1944
3304Trooper Duncan Graham Campbell, 126402V, Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces, aged 32. Died of wounds, received on the 7 November by enemy mortar fire, while on a recce down the Grizzana - Vergato road, south of Montale. He had received a shrapnel wound to his left chest.
1944
6993Private Peter Martin Felix, C/166728, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of cardiac failure and coronary thrombosis.
1944
9011Corporal Albert Edward Hall, 702376, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1944
9888Sapper Henry Leonard Hill, 193320V, 22 Field Park Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 31. Died of wounds.
1944
10064Private Albert Hoffman, 178378V, Field Park Coy. (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Died in battle accident, traffic accident.
1944
14832Lieutenant Louis Langley Maltby, 17818V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 31. Died of wounds, whilst a POW, in hospital, received 15 September 1944. He was leading a fighting/recce patrol toward Monte Parro del Bagno and went missing along with 6 other members after gunfire and grenade explosions were heard.
1944
15095Private Henry Edward Marchant, 186472, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1944
17719Private Matsubane Reuben Motseta, N/11775, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pneumonia.
1944
25151Lieutenant Wallace Mervyn Thompson, 328941V, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29. Killed in action, caught fire in bombing dive near Ravenna, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MH976.
1944
27412Private Hendrik Visagie, C/286024, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 33. Died after discharge.
1945
1215Corporal Cecil John Barry, 237851V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 63. Died of obstructive jaundice.
1945
28683Pupil Pilot Winfield, 608658V, South African Air Force, aged 18. Killed in aircraft accident, engine failure forced landing crashed 12 miles from Johannesburg, in AT-6 Harvard #7036.
1946
1721Private Hendrik Beukes, C/302740V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1946
18357Private James D Naude, 631986VE, South African Pay Corps, aged 58. Died on active service.
1946
24075Air Mechanic Christoffel Johannes Steinberg, 96376, South African Air Force, aged 41. Died of gout.
1955
36036Constable Matshona Jacob McAmza, 132054, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 34. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1955
41662Private Jacobus Esterhuise Olivier, P/6679, 1 Air Depot (South African Army), aged 25. Committed suicide, suspected, bullet wound to the head, in his home, at Pretoria.
1975
39359Corporal John Barry (Chunkie) Graham, 725359, Depot (Selous Scouts), aged 22. Died in Shooting Accident, during a training exercise at Kariba, Op Splinter, a bullet ricocheted off a tree and struck him in the head.
1976
38364Field Reservist Arnold Bayayi, 20445, Special Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 34. Killed in action, in a contact.
1976
38386Field Reservist Eric Rodney Chakanaka, 20446, Duty Uniform Branch (British South Africa Police), aged 21. Killed in action, in a contact.
1976
39097District Assistant Willie Chinoya, 651003, 4th Battalion (Internal Affairs), aged 17. Killed in action, at Inyanga.
1976
39154Lance Corporal Anthony Robin Coghill, PR86086, 4 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 22. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.
1976
38536Field Reservist Gladstone Kuba, A20450, Criminal Investigation Division (British South Africa Police), aged 30. Killed in action, in a contact.
1976
38697Field Reservist Thomas Mwasireni, A29458, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 25. Killed in action, in a contact.
1976
38795Field Reservist Graham Charles Suikepi, 20461, Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 22. Killed in action, in a contact.
1977
38503Patrol Officer Noel Richard Jackson, 9700, Police Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 23. Killed in action, in a contact in the Honde Valley, Op Thrasher.
1985
29931Rifleman First Name Not Known David, 78912656SW, 54 Battalion (905 Sd Co), aged 27. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, fell from vehicle and broke his neck.
1986
31658Corporal Marsh Lazarus Mashavave, 81521643PD, 9 South African Infantry Battalion (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 30. Killed in action, when his Casspir was hit during an attack on a SWAPO base in Angola.
1986
32663Corporal Andries Dawid Renken, 75338285BT, Army Battle School (2 Recconaissance Regiment), aged 27. Killed in Action. He died when his Casspir was hit in an ambush during an attack on a SWAPO base in Angola.
1988
29475Rifleman Jacobus Gert Bock, 85099067, 53 Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 23. Died from injuries received in a assault by members of the local population, outside the base. It would seem that he was AWOL for 3 hours. He died in 1 Mil Hospital of a skull fracture.
1990
29495Corporal Gert Gerhardus Boorman, 89065452CK, 1 SA Cape Corps, Training Unit (South African Cape Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, between Tarraririma & Vorstershoop when Buffel rolled during training.
1990
37269Sergeant Wolfgang Michael Raith, W53711T, Northern Orange Free State Division (South African Police), aged 40. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1992
36961Assistant Constable Joseph Nsindane, 0171116-4, Natal Region (South African Police), aged 44. Died as a result of a fractured skull, having being struck by a native who was resisting arrest.
1994
31180Flight Sergeant Michael Paul Kruger, 67291112PE, 1 Engineer Regiment (South African Air Force), aged 39. Killed in action, whilst clearing a jam in his rifle, at Eheke, Angola (Operation Kropduif).
1994
35504Constable Jacob H Mabeta, 0623778-9, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 30. Accidentally killed, shot by a colleague during a raid.
1995
36787Constable Jacob Louis Nesindande, 0627489-7, Inanda (South African Police), aged 48. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

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