On This Day

On This Day — 13 July

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

45014Burgher Willem Johannes Sanders, Standerton Commando (Boer Forces), aged 47. Killed in action, Donkerhoek.

1901

43540Burgher Behr, Boer Forces. Killed in action.

1901

47447Burgher Jacobus Johannes Beytell, Boer Forces, aged 59. Killed in action, Pretoria.

1901

47033Burgher Johannes Petrus Coetzee, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Cradock.

1901

46543Burgher Abel Jacobus Erasmus, Scheepers Cape Rebel Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Onbedacht Distr Graaff Reinet.

1901

47822Burgher Petrus Lafras Moolman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 40. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1901

43418Burgher Pawson, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Machadodorp.

1901

45127Burgher Charlie Rawson, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Machadodorp.

1902

48284Burgher Pieter Andreas (A.p.) Du Toit, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 44. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1913

31997Rifleman Arthur Edward Morgan, 4659, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Died of pneumonia, at Kleinfontein Hospital, while on Strike duty at Benoni.

1915

2430Sergeant Cecil Joseph Boyes-Varley, 1717, 1st/6th Bn. (Manchester Regiment). Killed in action.

1915

41083Labourer Edmund Spaad, 28748, Transport and Remounts (South African Labour Corps), aged 20. Died of albuminuria, at Maitland.

1916

386Sergeant William Stonhill Allen, 6129, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

677Captain Douglas Carstairs Arnell, 2nd Bn. (Hampshire Regiment), aged 35. Died on active service.

1916

3443Trooper John Abraham Carse, 2624, 2nd (South African Mounted Brigade). Killed in action.

1916

4571Private Penton Alexander Cowan, 4512, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action, after the action of Bernafay and Trones Woods, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

7729Second Lieutenant John Samuel Fry, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, at Bernafay Wood, Somme.

1916

7791Private James Sneddon Fyfe, 6937, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Killed in action, at Talus Boise, probably by shell fire.

1916

7920Private Clifford Bowey Gatt, 3336, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received at Bernafay Wood, Somme.

1916

9650Private Alexander Hendricks, 541, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Talus Boise, probably by shell fire.

1916

10482Lance Corporal Henry Clifford Hulley, 5940, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

12441Private Francis Howard Knight, 4601, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

12684Trooper Martin Petrus Kruger, 3479, 6th (South African Horse), aged 32. Died of wounds.

1916

12777Rifleman Lawrence Dean La Monte, R/17240, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 43. Died of wounds.

1916

13955Second Lieutenant Joseph Davidson McKenzie Low, 6th Bn. (Royal Scots), aged 37. Killed in action.

1916

14915Leader Damon Maneryk, 11, Howitzer Battery (South African Field Artillery). Died of pneumonia, at Kondoa-Irangi.

1916

14967Private Herbert Robert Mann, 4734, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

17628Private George Douglas Mosses, 5222, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Bernafay Wood, Somme.

1916

18608Second Lieutenant Philip Newbold, 7th Bn. (Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)), aged 29. Died on active service.

1916

18846Labourer Hermanus Nkadimane, 1369, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of heart disease, at Kisale.

1916

21235Private Douglas John Redwood, 535, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

21294Second Lieutenant Robert Robertson Reid, 130th Field Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 19. Killed in action.

1916

22823Lance Corporal Wilfred Ernest Shackleton, 3245, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

1916

23526Private Harold George Smith, 1612, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Talus Boise, probably by shell fire.

1916

24338Private Harold Cecil Stratford, 6532, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Missing in action, at Talus Boise.

1917

1327Second Lieutenant Maximilian Otto Baumann, 70th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 27. Killed in action, Sopwith Strutter pilot. Fell in flames near Becelaere (Belgium).

1917

7129Labourer Salmon Fillies, 18766, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1917

14409Driver Jan Madiye, 6341, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of blackwater fever, at Addington Hospital.

1917

16399Private Johannes Hendrick Mentz, 1330, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service). Died of blackwater fever, at Kilwa.

1917

19183Private Sarel Gerhardus Oberholzer, 15298, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1917

19320Labourer John Oliphant, 18989, South African Native Labour Bureau. Dar Es Salaam.

1917

25051Fitter Thomas, 26645, Railway Section (South African Engineers). Died on active service.

1926

40137Private Edward Charles Baldwin Cashel, 1235, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 36. Died of toxaemia, at Wynberg Military Hospital.

1941

959Warrant Officer Class II Stephen Owen Baker, 1859994, 1 Base Ordnance Workshops (Royal Army Ordnance Corps), aged 48. Died on active service.

1941

10834Air Mechanic Jacobs, 116398, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died on active service.

1941

11450Air Mechanic John Harris Jones, 98663, 3 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 32. Shot by native sentry, returning from visit with his brother.

1941

17056Private Abram Mohlong, N/12150, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of lobar pneumonia.

1941

27939Donkeyman Webber, S.S. Wearpool (Merchant Navy), aged 46. Drowned, at Haifa.

1942

2333Gunner Johannes Bouwer, 13832, 1 Lt. Anti-Aircraft Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 19. Killed in action.

1942

6178Private Gerhardus Johannes Lodewikus Du Toit, 82191, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 19. Killed in action.

1942

7206Lieutenant Gerald Henry Fitzgerald, 38906, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died on active service.

1942

8146Gunner Vernon Herbert Giese, 114622, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 21. Killed in action.

1942

8369Sergeant Jack Stanbrook Goodeve, 114709, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action, at El Alamein, Egypt.

1942

11047Corporal Van Vuuren Janse, 61436, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died on active service.

1942

11678Lieutenant Rex Howard Just, 21968, 5 S.A. Sig. Coy. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 25. Killed in action, at El Alamein. He was from the the Signal Platoon attached to ILH/KR and was in the Battle HQ pillbox when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane exploded nearby.

1942

12706Private William Kudumela, N/18740, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action.

1942

14066Lieutenant Frederic Stuart Luyt, 103743, 42 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in aircraft accident, hit mountain at night Kongos Kraal Wycombe Vale, in Avro Anson #3162.

1942

19254Warrant Officer Class II Patrick Rhodes O'Donnell, 26518, Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died of wounds, received at El Alamein, when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane struck near the Battle HQ pill box. He was doing the duties of the RSM at the time.

1942

19630Bombardier Bernard Hugo Pape, 31063, 3 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 28. Accidentally killed.

1942

20132Private Philip Pharoah, C/168006, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1942

20598Lieutenant William Frederick Powell, 103418, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26. Killed in action, in Hawker Hurricane, when he failed to return from a combat sortie in which 1 Sqn claimed five Italian CR.42 bi-planes.

1942

21574Bombardier Roberts, 18378, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.

1942

23306Lance Bombardier Johannes Wilhelmus Nicolaas Slabbert, 104632, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 33. Killed in action.

1942

23738Lance Corporal Isaac Solomon, 82868, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 36. Killed in action.

1943

13524Sergeant William Bramwell Keffington Lewis, 710260, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30. Died on active service.

1943

15612Private Aletta S Matthews, W/309477, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died on active service.

1943

18589Wing Commander John Dering Nettleton, 41452, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 26. Killed in action, Lancaster I ED331, took off 2223 12 July 1943 from Dunholme Lodge. Believed shot down by a night-fighter off the Brest Peninsular.

1943

19003Lieutenant Hugh Williams Nottingham, 97291V, 203 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Died whilst a POW.

1943

24933Messman Kenneth Terblanche, 241604, Timothy Pickering (United States Merchant Marine). Bombed and sunk in Mediterranean.

1944

292Major Hugh Ralph Lawrence Alder, 102181V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

1944

567Warrant Officer Class I Hercules Albertus Annandale, 543879V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

1944

675Lieutenant Patrick Anthony Armstrong, 543156V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

1944

1011Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Bamber, 205776V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

1944

1136Lieutenant Colonel Miles Barnby, 102735V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

1944

1754Warrant Officer Class II Easias Renier Bezuidenhout, 542837V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

1944

1913Lieutenant Jean Pierre Blanc, 211492V, 37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, detailed to attack Milan/Lambratem Yards.

1944

2909Rifleman Michael Bryant, 9035, Kaffrarian Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, while fighting with the Italian partisans in the Veneto mountains after an adventurous escape from the prisoner camp of Civitanova, near Padua.

1944

5262Warrant Officer Class I Oscar Dalton De Douallier, 580057V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

1944

6628Warrant Officer Class II Robert Harkness Empey, 542352V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

1944

9970Lieutenant Daniel Reinhold Hjelm, 328638V, 37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, detailed to attack Milan/Lambratem Yards.

1944

10179Private Neil Harold Holshausen, 280131V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Killed in action, while on patrol west of Mount Benichi, Italy.

1944

10415Second Lieutenant Kaj Hoyer, 542955V, 40 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 32. Killed in action, target at Lambrate Marshalling yards.

1944

16023Lieutenant Douglas Howard McHugh, 205804V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi.

1944

19222Lieutenant O'Connor, 100766V, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, hit flak, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MK348.

1944

20250Lieutenant Jacobus Francois Pienaar, 103456V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, crash landed Perugia, hit a Spitfire, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB461.

1944

26607Lieutenant Van Der Merwe, 542418V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

1944

27924Lieutenant John Charles Webb, 205947V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

1945

12413Private Klink, M/19690, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 40. Died on active service.

1945

14530Private Zachariah Mahasule, N/64009, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 41. Died of cardiac failure.

1945

18842Private Joseph Mhlekude Njokweni, N/56976, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of multiple injuries, received in lorry accident.

1945

19068Private Jonas Ntsala, N/35710, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1945

21385Sapper Walter Cecil Reynolds, 192715V, 8 Field Sqdn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 33. Died of epilepsy.

1945

22217Able Seaman Donald Gordon Sanders, 585828, H.M.S. Test (South African Naval Forces), aged 20. Died of wounds, at sea.

1945

24254Signaller Thomas Edward Stoddart, 233345V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 25. Died of cerebral contusion and lacerations following head injuries.

1946

3980Sergeant Colin Robertson Cleghorn, 113641, South African Irish, aged 39. Died of thrombosis.

1946

11210Private Johane, RHO/2122, 1st Bn. (Rhodesian African Rifles). Died on active service.

1946

20543Private John Potgieter, M/20633, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Died after discharge.

1946

22787Lance Corporal William Setlo, N/63399, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1947

17241Private Moloi, N/7447, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

1950

29825Lieutenant George Edward Conning, 76915420SP, 7 Wing (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5557, crashed at "Koppiesfontein Farm" near Heidelberg.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 13 July

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 45014 — Burgher Willem Johannes Sanders, Standerton Commando (Boer Forces), aged 47. Killed in action, Donkerhoek.

- 1901 43540 — Burgher Behr, Boer Forces. Killed in action.

- 1901 47447 — Burgher Jacobus Johannes Beytell, Boer Forces, aged 59. Killed in action, Pretoria.

- 1901 47033 — Burgher Johannes Petrus Coetzee, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Cradock.

- 1901 46543 — Burgher Abel Jacobus Erasmus, Scheepers Cape Rebel Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Onbedacht Distr Graaff Reinet.

- 1901 47822 — Burgher Petrus Lafras Moolman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 40. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1901 43418 — Burgher Pawson, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Machadodorp.

- 1901 45127 — Burgher Charlie Rawson, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Machadodorp.

- 1902 48284 — Burgher Pieter Andreas (A.p.) Du Toit, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 44. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1913 31997 — Rifleman Arthur Edward Morgan, 4659, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Died of pneumonia, at Kleinfontein Hospital, while on Strike duty at Benoni.

- 1915 2430 — Sergeant Cecil Joseph Boyes-Varley, 1717, 1st/6th Bn. (Manchester Regiment). Killed in action.

- 1915 41083 — Labourer Edmund Spaad, 28748, Transport and Remounts (South African Labour Corps), aged 20. Died of albuminuria, at Maitland.

- 1916 386 — Sergeant William Stonhill Allen, 6129, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 677 — Captain Douglas Carstairs Arnell, 2nd Bn. (Hampshire Regiment), aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1916 3443 — Trooper John Abraham Carse, 2624, 2nd (South African Mounted Brigade). Killed in action.

- 1916 4571 — Private Penton Alexander Cowan, 4512, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action, after the action of Bernafay and Trones Woods, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 7729 — Second Lieutenant John Samuel Fry, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, at Bernafay Wood, Somme.

- 1916 7791 — Private James Sneddon Fyfe, 6937, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Killed in action, at Talus Boise, probably by shell fire.

- 1916 7920 — Private Clifford Bowey Gatt, 3336, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received at Bernafay Wood, Somme.

- 1916 9650 — Private Alexander Hendricks, 541, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Talus Boise, probably by shell fire.

- 1916 10482 — Lance Corporal Henry Clifford Hulley, 5940, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 12441 — Private Francis Howard Knight, 4601, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 12684 — Trooper Martin Petrus Kruger, 3479, 6th (South African Horse), aged 32. Died of wounds.

- 1916 12777 — Rifleman Lawrence Dean La Monte, R/17240, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 43. Died of wounds.

- 1916 13955 — Second Lieutenant Joseph Davidson McKenzie Low, 6th Bn. (Royal Scots), aged 37. Killed in action.

- 1916 14915 — Leader Damon Maneryk, 11, Howitzer Battery (South African Field Artillery). Died of pneumonia, at Kondoa-Irangi.

- 1916 14967 — Private Herbert Robert Mann, 4734, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 17628 — Private George Douglas Mosses, 5222, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Bernafay Wood, Somme.

- 1916 18608 — Second Lieutenant Philip Newbold, 7th Bn. (Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)), aged 29. Died on active service.

- 1916 18846 — Labourer Hermanus Nkadimane, 1369, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of heart disease, at Kisale.

- 1916 21235 — Private Douglas John Redwood, 535, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 21294 — Second Lieutenant Robert Robertson Reid, 130th Field Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 19. Killed in action.

- 1916 22823 — Lance Corporal Wilfred Ernest Shackleton, 3245, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, in Bernafay Wood on the night of the 10th/11th July, a portion of the 2nd SAI returned to its original camping site in the vicinity of Cambridge Copse. On the 13th July, the South African Infantry Brigade concentrated in the Talus Boise.

- 1916 23526 — Private Harold George Smith, 1612, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, at Talus Boise, probably by shell fire.

- 1916 24338 — Private Harold Cecil Stratford, 6532, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Missing in action, at Talus Boise.

- 1917 1327 — Second Lieutenant Maximilian Otto Baumann, 70th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 27. Killed in action, Sopwith Strutter pilot. Fell in flames near Becelaere (Belgium).

- 1917 7129 — Labourer Salmon Fillies, 18766, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 14409 — Driver Jan Madiye, 6341, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of blackwater fever, at Addington Hospital.

- 1917 16399 — Private Johannes Hendrick Mentz, 1330, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service). Died of blackwater fever, at Kilwa.

- 1917 19183 — Private Sarel Gerhardus Oberholzer, 15298, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1917 19320 — Labourer John Oliphant, 18989, South African Native Labour Bureau. Dar Es Salaam.

- 1917 25051 — Fitter Thomas, 26645, Railway Section (South African Engineers). Died on active service.

- 1926 40137 — Private Edward Charles Baldwin Cashel, 1235, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 36. Died of toxaemia, at Wynberg Military Hospital.

- 1941 959 — Warrant Officer Class II Stephen Owen Baker, 1859994, 1 Base Ordnance Workshops (Royal Army Ordnance Corps), aged 48. Died on active service.

- 1941 10834 — Air Mechanic Jacobs, 116398, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died on active service.

- 1941 11450 — Air Mechanic John Harris Jones, 98663, 3 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 32. Shot by native sentry, returning from visit with his brother.

- 1941 17056 — Private Abram Mohlong, N/12150, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of lobar pneumonia.

- 1941 27939 — Donkeyman Webber, S.S. Wearpool (Merchant Navy), aged 46. Drowned, at Haifa.

- 1942 2333 — Gunner Johannes Bouwer, 13832, 1 Lt. Anti-Aircraft Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 19. Killed in action.

- 1942 6178 — Private Gerhardus Johannes Lodewikus Du Toit, 82191, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 19. Killed in action.

- 1942 7206 — Lieutenant Gerald Henry Fitzgerald, 38906, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1942 8146 — Gunner Vernon Herbert Giese, 114622, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1942 8369 — Sergeant Jack Stanbrook Goodeve, 114709, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action, at El Alamein, Egypt.

- 1942 11047 — Corporal Van Vuuren Janse, 61436, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1942 11678 — Lieutenant Rex Howard Just, 21968, 5 S.A. Sig. Coy. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 25. Killed in action, at El Alamein. He was from the the Signal Platoon attached to ILH/KR and was in the Battle HQ pillbox when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane exploded nearby.

- 1942 12706 — Private William Kudumela, N/18740, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action.

- 1942 14066 — Lieutenant Frederic Stuart Luyt, 103743, 42 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in aircraft accident, hit mountain at night Kongos Kraal Wycombe Vale, in Avro Anson #3162.

- 1942 19254 — Warrant Officer Class II Patrick Rhodes O'Donnell, 26518, Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died of wounds, received at El Alamein, when a bomb dropped by an enemy plane struck near the Battle HQ pill box. He was doing the duties of the RSM at the time.

- 1942 19630 — Bombardier Bernard Hugo Pape, 31063, 3 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 28. Accidentally killed.

- 1942 20132 — Private Philip Pharoah, C/168006, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1942 20598 — Lieutenant William Frederick Powell, 103418, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26. Killed in action, in Hawker Hurricane, when he failed to return from a combat sortie in which 1 Sqn claimed five Italian CR.42 bi-planes.

- 1942 21574 — Bombardier Roberts, 18378, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.

- 1942 23306 — Lance Bombardier Johannes Wilhelmus Nicolaas Slabbert, 104632, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 33. Killed in action.

- 1942 23738 — Lance Corporal Isaac Solomon, 82868, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 36. Killed in action.

- 1943 13524 — Sergeant William Bramwell Keffington Lewis, 710260, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1943 15612 — Private Aletta S Matthews, W/309477, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died on active service.

- 1943 18589 — Wing Commander John Dering Nettleton, 41452, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 26. Killed in action, Lancaster I ED331, took off 2223 12 July 1943 from Dunholme Lodge. Believed shot down by a night-fighter off the Brest Peninsular.

- 1943 19003 — Lieutenant Hugh Williams Nottingham, 97291V, 203 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Died whilst a POW.

- 1943 24933 — Messman Kenneth Terblanche, 241604, Timothy Pickering (United States Merchant Marine). Bombed and sunk in Mediterranean.

- 1944 292 — Major Hugh Ralph Lawrence Alder, 102181V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

- 1944 567 — Warrant Officer Class I Hercules Albertus Annandale, 543879V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

- 1944 675 — Lieutenant Patrick Anthony Armstrong, 543156V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

- 1944 1011 — Lieutenant Thomas Arthur Bamber, 205776V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

- 1944 1136 — Lieutenant Colonel Miles Barnby, 102735V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

- 1944 1754 — Warrant Officer Class II Easias Renier Bezuidenhout, 542837V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

- 1944 1913 — Lieutenant Jean Pierre Blanc, 211492V, 37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, detailed to attack Milan/Lambratem Yards.

- 1944 2909 — Rifleman Michael Bryant, 9035, Kaffrarian Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, while fighting with the Italian partisans in the Veneto mountains after an adventurous escape from the prisoner camp of Civitanova, near Padua.

- 1944 5262 — Warrant Officer Class I Oscar Dalton De Douallier, 580057V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

- 1944 6628 — Warrant Officer Class II Robert Harkness Empey, 542352V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487.

- 1944 9970 — Lieutenant Daniel Reinhold Hjelm, 328638V, 37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, detailed to attack Milan/Lambratem Yards.

- 1944 10179 — Private Neil Harold Holshausen, 280131V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Killed in action, while on patrol west of Mount Benichi, Italy.

- 1944 10415 — Second Lieutenant Kaj Hoyer, 542955V, 40 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 32. Killed in action, target at Lambrate Marshalling yards.

- 1944 16023 — Lieutenant Douglas Howard McHugh, 205804V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB487, lost nose when FB437 blew up crashed West of Montevarchi.

- 1944 19222 — Lieutenant O'Connor, 100766V, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, hit flak, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MK348.

- 1944 20250 — Lieutenant Jacobus Francois Pienaar, 103456V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, crash landed Perugia, hit a Spitfire, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB461.

- 1944 26607 — Lieutenant Van Der Merwe, 542418V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

- 1944 27924 — Lieutenant John Charles Webb, 205947V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, blew up on bombing run Montevarchi, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB437.

- 1945 12413 — Private Klink, M/19690, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 40. Died on active service.

- 1945 14530 — Private Zachariah Mahasule, N/64009, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 41. Died of cardiac failure.

- 1945 18842 — Private Joseph Mhlekude Njokweni, N/56976, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of multiple injuries, received in lorry accident.

- 1945 19068 — Private Jonas Ntsala, N/35710, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1945 21385 — Sapper Walter Cecil Reynolds, 192715V, 8 Field Sqdn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 33. Died of epilepsy.

- 1945 22217 — Able Seaman Donald Gordon Sanders, 585828, H.M.S. Test (South African Naval Forces), aged 20. Died of wounds, at sea.

- 1945 24254 — Signaller Thomas Edward Stoddart, 233345V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 25. Died of cerebral contusion and lacerations following head injuries.

- 1946 3980 — Sergeant Colin Robertson Cleghorn, 113641, South African Irish, aged 39. Died of thrombosis.

- 1946 11210 — Private Johane, RHO/2122, 1st Bn. (Rhodesian African Rifles). Died on active service.

- 1946 20543 — Private John Potgieter, M/20633, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Died after discharge.

- 1946 22787 — Lance Corporal William Setlo, N/63399, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1947 17241 — Private Moloi, N/7447, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

- 1950 29825 — Lieutenant George Edward Conning, 76915420SP, 7 Wing (South African Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5557, crashed at "Koppiesfontein Farm" near Heidelberg.

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