On This Day

On This Day — 13 April

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

46400Burgher Willem Jacobus Gilfillan, Middelburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 37. Killed in action, Rooikraal.

1900

46399Burgher Adolf Gills, Zoutpansberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 46. Killed in action, Rooikraal.

1900

46157Burgher F. J. J. Jacobs, OFS Artillery Commando (Boer Forces), aged 27. Killed in action, Jammerbergsdrift.

1900

43593Burgher Swanepoel, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Jammerbergdrift.

1900

48543Burgher N J Van Niekerk, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 32. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

1902

47601Burgher Fred Ass Field Cornet Badendock, Wolmaransstad Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Vaalbank British Hosp.

1902

47117Burgher Schalk Willem Burger, Boer Forces, aged 39. Killed in action, Vaalbank Eng Hosp.

1914

41381Native Constable Caswell Rantai, 1905, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 44. Died at Rooiberg, Transvaal.

1915

4293Lieutenant Alfred Ulick Collis Browne, 1st Bn. (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, making a reconnaissance of a trench at Ypres.

1915

4752Labourer John Crowder, 7393, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died in fall of earth, at Parow.

1915

11587Private Jotham Joubert, 1190, "B" Sqdn. (20th Mounted Rifles). Died of bronchitis.

1915

41025Labourer Jim Makledgi, 1267, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 42. Died of enteric, at Walvis Bay.

1915

27400Second Lieutenant Charles Aubrey Vintcent, 4th Bn. (Rifle Brigade), aged 22. Killed in action.

1916

989Corporal Gilbert William Herbert Ball, 3677, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of hernia after operation.

1916

6164Private Antonie Johannes Du Toit, 9762, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of enteric fever.

1916

10585Sergeant Edward Brown Hurr, 1060, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 32. Died of blackwater fever.

1916

10771Captain Dudley William Gerald Jackson, 1st Bn. (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), aged 33. Killed in action.

1916

15717Labourer Tause Mayingana, 5795, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died at Railway Construction Camp, East Africa.

1916

22219Private Edward Charles Sanders, 2856, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of enteric fever, at Nairobi.

1916

24741Labourer Klaas Tapa, 1656, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of pyrexia, at Arusha.

1917

283Labourer William Albrecht, 17217, Military Labour Corps. Died of malaria, possibly died at sea onboard H.M.T. "Aragon" as he left Kilwa on the ship and it only docked in Durban about 14th April.

1917

346Private Frank Allais, 1370, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1917

601Donkey Driver Frederick Appies, 17468, South African Native Labour Bureau. East Africa.

1917

971Private George Balapile, 4181, 2nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.

1917

1630Lance Corporal William Lowry Berkeley, 7610, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.

1917

2805Private Leslie Charles Brown, 8989, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds.

1917

6262Private Peter Duminy, 1658, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 20. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

1917

6893Labourer Jan Falele, 12458, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1917

7198Private Raymond Harold Fitchet, 8482, 9th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of blackwater fever.

1917

7615Private William Fraser, 619, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1917

8952Private Robert David James Hablutzel, 12342, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of enteric fever.

1917

9967Corporal Walter Henry Hitchman, 327, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

10227Private Herbert Hooper, 4020, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

11221Private John, M/178, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of exhaustion, at Zomba, Nyasaland.

1917

11750Labourer Jim Kamaj, 16835, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kisiwani.

1917

12387Mule Leader Willie Kleinbooi, 16373, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

13607Private Richard Lincoln, 10204, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds.

1917

14717Private Or Makungai Makumgai, M/97, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of exhaustion, at Zomba, Nyasaland.

1917

14759Leader Isaac Malebatsi, 17693, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

1917

15835Private Richard McCann, D/29, South African Pioneers. Died of pneumonia.

1917

16117Private Albert Henry McLachlan, 1675, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 39. Died at sea, en route East Africa to Cape Town, on HMS Himalaya.

1917

16135Second Lieutenant Charles Clifford McLean, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 12th April.

1917

16671Private Louis Frederick Miller, 7404, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action.

1917

16952Labourer Esau Modise, 14560, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at sea, on H.M.T. "Gascon", returning to South Africa.

1917

17090Labourer Lawson Mokgalaye, 17802, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

1917

17296Leader Frans Mongale, 17246, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

1917

18819Cape Boy Steven Ninge, 18936, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of cerebral malaria, at sea, on "Guildford Castle".

1917

19743Private John Paterson, 1023, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds.

1917

22749Ox Driver Piet September, 16485, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

1917

23363Private Francis Edgar Smart, 8812, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.

1917

24047Constable Jan Hermanus Steenkamp, 388, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary). Died of malaria.

1917

25294Labourer Frans Titus, 1897, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of bronchitis, at Dodoma.

1917

25702Donkey Driver Solomon Tywili, 17456, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

27713Private John Ward, 7397, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of wounds.

1917

29167Private Aron Zwart, 9938, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Died of wounds, received 9th April.

1918

498Second Lieutenant Vincent Tallemach Anderson, 1st Coy. (Machine Gun Corps), aged 21. Died of wounds.

1918

559Private David Gove Angus, 13716, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

1918

2034Private James Boles, 14621, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of wounds, in German hands, at Geraardsbergen Hospital.

1918

2148Private Gavin Rice Borradaile, A/95, British South African Police, aged 30. Died of blackwater fever, at Nuanetsi, Rhodesia.

1918

3636Private William Henry Chapman, 10423, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

4045Private John Desmond Clohessy, 13167, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

5677Lieutenant John Archibald Dickinson, 4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. (The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)). Killed in action.

1918

6687Private Leonard William Entress, 13483, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

1918

8884Sergeant James Edward Guess, 9544, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

9464Private William Jackson Havnar, RR/1534, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

10228Private Walter William Hooper, 15950, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

12319Private William Kirkham, 8442, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

12731Private Ndevu Sitshosonke Kumalo, 18658, 32nd Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 33. Died of tuberculosis.

1918

13017Private Thomas Lavery, 3342, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

13853Second Lieutenant John Cyprian Lott, 3rd Bn. (East Lancashire Regiment), aged 23. Killed in action.

1918

40471Private Jakem Matshini, 1368, 1st Battalion (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 50. Died after discharge (Discharged 13 April 1918).

1918

15947Private William Joseph McDonald, 16432, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

16106Private John McKinlay, 6853, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

16160Private Donald Henry McLeod, 10783, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

16697Private Charles Edward Mills, 12521, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

17553Private William James Morton, 16257, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

18752Private Charles James Nicholson, 14784, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Messines Ridge. His comrade, Lance Corporal L. P. Jackson saw him being hit in the temple by a bullet while advancing on their objective.

1918

22292Private Charles Saunders, 300, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Missing in action, at Messines Ridge.

1918

22529Corporal Gordon Galletly Scott, 9160, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Messines Ridge.

1918

23514Corporal George Sinclair Smith, 9844, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

23644Private Walter Henry Melford Smith, 8096, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

24334Private Robert Harold Probart Strange, 11995, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

24922Private Reginald Dundas Graham Tennant, 11982, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

25198Private Herbert Maurice Thorne, 10782, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

26583Private Ernest Lange Van Der Hoven, 10245, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

27563Private Percival Thurlow Wakeford, 13047, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

27701Private Ashley Warburton, 14711, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 29th March.

1918

27930Sergeant Richard Eustace Webb, 1850, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

28811Lieutenant Arthur Francis Woodhouse, attd. 4th/4th Bn. King's African Rifles (Special List). Killed in action.

1918

28925Private Percy Robert Wyatt, 10432, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

28937Private William Adam Wyllie, 5225, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing, Death Presumed.

1919

1167Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Walter Thomas Barnes, 1831, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 42. Committed suicide, gun shot wound through head.

1919

28779Private John William Wood, 11421, Depot (South African Infantry). Drowned, at Boksburg.

1921

2588Private Abraham Brielle, 1710, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 22. Died at Tempe Military Hospital, after discharge.

1940

18350Gunner Dawid Roelof Naude, 104249, 1 Light Bty. (South African Artillery), aged 39. Died on active service.

1941

13064Lieutenant James Drummond Lawrie, 47843, South African Air Force, aged 20. Murdered, by native in Sudan, at Yavello, Abyssinia.

1941

24210Flying Officer James Henry Steyn, 42275, Royal Air Force, aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Anson N9857 crashed in a snowstorm in one of the most desolate areas of the highlands. Crew rest under a cairn erected by CWGC but their memorial is in the local churchyard. The crash site where the casualties are buried is in a remote location on a plateau marked by a granite memorial placed in 2013.

1942

703Corporal George Percival Theodore Arthur, 190228, 13 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 32. Died of bronchial pneumonia, at sea.

1942

1832Gunner William Desmond Birney, 30345, 1 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 24. Missing, Death Presumed.

1942

2683Private Johannes Jacob Bronkhorst, 1894, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 32. Died of shock, during air raid.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 13 April

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 46400 — Burgher Willem Jacobus Gilfillan, Middelburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 37. Killed in action, Rooikraal.

- 1900 46399 — Burgher Adolf Gills, Zoutpansberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 46. Killed in action, Rooikraal.

- 1900 46157 — Burgher F. J. J. Jacobs, OFS Artillery Commando (Boer Forces), aged 27. Killed in action, Jammerbergsdrift.

- 1900 43593 — Burgher Swanepoel, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Jammerbergdrift.

- 1900 48543 — Burgher N J Van Niekerk, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 32. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

- 1902 47601 — Burgher Fred Ass Field Cornet Badendock, Wolmaransstad Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Vaalbank British Hosp.

- 1902 47117 — Burgher Schalk Willem Burger, Boer Forces, aged 39. Killed in action, Vaalbank Eng Hosp.

- 1914 41381 — Native Constable Caswell Rantai, 1905, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 44. Died at Rooiberg, Transvaal.

- 1915 4293 — Lieutenant Alfred Ulick Collis Browne, 1st Bn. (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, making a reconnaissance of a trench at Ypres.

- 1915 4752 — Labourer John Crowder, 7393, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died in fall of earth, at Parow.

- 1915 11587 — Private Jotham Joubert, 1190, "B" Sqdn. (20th Mounted Rifles). Died of bronchitis.

- 1915 41025 — Labourer Jim Makledgi, 1267, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 42. Died of enteric, at Walvis Bay.

- 1915 27400 — Second Lieutenant Charles Aubrey Vintcent, 4th Bn. (Rifle Brigade), aged 22. Killed in action.

- 1916 989 — Corporal Gilbert William Herbert Ball, 3677, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of hernia after operation.

- 1916 6164 — Private Antonie Johannes Du Toit, 9762, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of enteric fever.

- 1916 10585 — Sergeant Edward Brown Hurr, 1060, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 32. Died of blackwater fever.

- 1916 10771 — Captain Dudley William Gerald Jackson, 1st Bn. (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), aged 33. Killed in action.

- 1916 15717 — Labourer Tause Mayingana, 5795, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died at Railway Construction Camp, East Africa.

- 1916 22219 — Private Edward Charles Sanders, 2856, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of enteric fever, at Nairobi.

- 1916 24741 — Labourer Klaas Tapa, 1656, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of pyrexia, at Arusha.

- 1917 283 — Labourer William Albrecht, 17217, Military Labour Corps. Died of malaria, possibly died at sea onboard H.M.T. "Aragon" as he left Kilwa on the ship and it only docked in Durban about 14th April.

- 1917 346 — Private Frank Allais, 1370, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1917 601 — Donkey Driver Frederick Appies, 17468, South African Native Labour Bureau. East Africa.

- 1917 971 — Private George Balapile, 4181, 2nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.

- 1917 1630 — Lance Corporal William Lowry Berkeley, 7610, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.

- 1917 2805 — Private Leslie Charles Brown, 8989, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds.

- 1917 6262 — Private Peter Duminy, 1658, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 20. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

- 1917 6893 — Labourer Jan Falele, 12458, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 7198 — Private Raymond Harold Fitchet, 8482, 9th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 7615 — Private William Fraser, 619, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1917 8952 — Private Robert David James Hablutzel, 12342, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of enteric fever.

- 1917 9967 — Corporal Walter Henry Hitchman, 327, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 10227 — Private Herbert Hooper, 4020, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 11221 — Private John, M/178, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of exhaustion, at Zomba, Nyasaland.

- 1917 11750 — Labourer Jim Kamaj, 16835, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kisiwani.

- 1917 12387 — Mule Leader Willie Kleinbooi, 16373, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 13607 — Private Richard Lincoln, 10204, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds.

- 1917 14717 — Private Or Makungai Makumgai, M/97, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of exhaustion, at Zomba, Nyasaland.

- 1917 14759 — Leader Isaac Malebatsi, 17693, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

- 1917 15835 — Private Richard McCann, D/29, South African Pioneers. Died of pneumonia.

- 1917 16117 — Private Albert Henry McLachlan, 1675, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 39. Died at sea, en route East Africa to Cape Town, on HMS Himalaya.

- 1917 16135 — Second Lieutenant Charles Clifford McLean, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 12th April.

- 1917 16671 — Private Louis Frederick Miller, 7404, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action.

- 1917 16952 — Labourer Esau Modise, 14560, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at sea, on H.M.T. "Gascon", returning to South Africa.

- 1917 17090 — Labourer Lawson Mokgalaye, 17802, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

- 1917 17296 — Leader Frans Mongale, 17246, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

- 1917 18819 — Cape Boy Steven Ninge, 18936, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of cerebral malaria, at sea, on "Guildford Castle".

- 1917 19743 — Private John Paterson, 1023, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds.

- 1917 22749 — Ox Driver Piet September, 16485, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

- 1917 23363 — Private Francis Edgar Smart, 8812, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.

- 1917 24047 — Constable Jan Hermanus Steenkamp, 388, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary). Died of malaria.

- 1917 25294 — Labourer Frans Titus, 1897, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of bronchitis, at Dodoma.

- 1917 25702 — Donkey Driver Solomon Tywili, 17456, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 27713 — Private John Ward, 7397, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of wounds.

- 1917 29167 — Private Aron Zwart, 9938, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Died of wounds, received 9th April.

- 1918 498 — Second Lieutenant Vincent Tallemach Anderson, 1st Coy. (Machine Gun Corps), aged 21. Died of wounds.

- 1918 559 — Private David Gove Angus, 13716, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

- 1918 2034 — Private James Boles, 14621, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of wounds, in German hands, at Geraardsbergen Hospital.

- 1918 2148 — Private Gavin Rice Borradaile, A/95, British South African Police, aged 30. Died of blackwater fever, at Nuanetsi, Rhodesia.

- 1918 3636 — Private William Henry Chapman, 10423, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 4045 — Private John Desmond Clohessy, 13167, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 5677 — Lieutenant John Archibald Dickinson, 4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. (The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)). Killed in action.

- 1918 6687 — Private Leonard William Entress, 13483, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

- 1918 8884 — Sergeant James Edward Guess, 9544, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 9464 — Private William Jackson Havnar, RR/1534, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 10228 — Private Walter William Hooper, 15950, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 12319 — Private William Kirkham, 8442, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 12731 — Private Ndevu Sitshosonke Kumalo, 18658, 32nd Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 33. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1918 13017 — Private Thomas Lavery, 3342, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 13853 — Second Lieutenant John Cyprian Lott, 3rd Bn. (East Lancashire Regiment), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1918 40471 — Private Jakem Matshini, 1368, 1st Battalion (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 50. Died after discharge (Discharged 13 April 1918).

- 1918 15947 — Private William Joseph McDonald, 16432, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 16106 — Private John McKinlay, 6853, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 16160 — Private Donald Henry McLeod, 10783, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 16697 — Private Charles Edward Mills, 12521, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 17553 — Private William James Morton, 16257, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 18752 — Private Charles James Nicholson, 14784, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Messines Ridge. His comrade, Lance Corporal L. P. Jackson saw him being hit in the temple by a bullet while advancing on their objective.

- 1918 22292 — Private Charles Saunders, 300, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Missing in action, at Messines Ridge.

- 1918 22529 — Corporal Gordon Galletly Scott, 9160, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, at Messines Ridge.

- 1918 23514 — Corporal George Sinclair Smith, 9844, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 23644 — Private Walter Henry Melford Smith, 8096, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 24334 — Private Robert Harold Probart Strange, 11995, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 24922 — Private Reginald Dundas Graham Tennant, 11982, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 25198 — Private Herbert Maurice Thorne, 10782, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 26583 — Private Ernest Lange Van Der Hoven, 10245, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 27563 — Private Percival Thurlow Wakeford, 13047, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 27701 — Private Ashley Warburton, 14711, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 29th March.

- 1918 27930 — Sergeant Richard Eustace Webb, 1850, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 28811 — Lieutenant Arthur Francis Woodhouse, attd. 4th/4th Bn. King's African Rifles (Special List). Killed in action.

- 1918 28925 — Private Percy Robert Wyatt, 10432, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 28937 — Private William Adam Wyllie, 5225, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1919 1167 — Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Walter Thomas Barnes, 1831, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 42. Committed suicide, gun shot wound through head.

- 1919 28779 — Private John William Wood, 11421, Depot (South African Infantry). Drowned, at Boksburg.

- 1921 2588 — Private Abraham Brielle, 1710, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 22. Died at Tempe Military Hospital, after discharge.

- 1940 18350 — Gunner Dawid Roelof Naude, 104249, 1 Light Bty. (South African Artillery), aged 39. Died on active service.

- 1941 13064 — Lieutenant James Drummond Lawrie, 47843, South African Air Force, aged 20. Murdered, by native in Sudan, at Yavello, Abyssinia.

- 1941 24210 — Flying Officer James Henry Steyn, 42275, Royal Air Force, aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Anson N9857 crashed in a snowstorm in one of the most desolate areas of the highlands. Crew rest under a cairn erected by CWGC but their memorial is in the local churchyard. The crash site where the casualties are buried is in a remote location on a plateau marked by a granite memorial placed in 2013.

- 1942 703 — Corporal George Percival Theodore Arthur, 190228, 13 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 32. Died of bronchial pneumonia, at sea.

- 1942 1832 — Gunner William Desmond Birney, 30345, 1 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 24. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1942 2683 — Private Johannes Jacob Bronkhorst, 1894, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 32. Died of shock, during air raid.

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