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ON THIS DAY

15 June

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 15 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
45947Burgher L W Kotze, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Mafeking.
1900
43994Burgher Giliam Johannes Vermeulen, Thaba Nchu Commando (Boer Forces), aged 32. Killed in action, Virginia (Zandriviersbrug).
1901
46569Burgher Christiaan Philippus Els, Utrecht Commando (Boer Forces), aged 30. Killed in action, Elandsnek, Utrecht, Rooivoetpaden.
1901
45957Burgher Gert Johannes Korff, Boer Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, Lemoenkloof.
1901
45880Burgher Stefanus Johannes Kruger, Bethal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 17. Killed in action, Sterkfontein, Bethal.
1901
45576Burgher Pieter Hendrikn (Adj) Muller, Kroonstad (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Kroonstad Hosp.
1915
21078Lance Corporal Robert George Randall, 6877, 1st Bn. (Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)), aged 34. Killed in action, at Givenchy.
1916
4658Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant John Creagh, 1266, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 37. Died of gastritis, at Eshowe.
1916
14816Sergeant George William James Mallett, 2090, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, leg amputated at knee, at Kondoa.
1916
18341Labourer Shadrack Natane, 1697, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Mbuyuni.
1916
41058Labourer Morris October, 4007, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 20. Died on active service.
1917
1153Private John William Barnes, 1154, South African Medical Corps, aged 31. Died of malaria, at No. 2 General Hospital Maitland.
1917
5728Ox Driver Jim Dikhomayi, 13198, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Durban, on return to South Africa.
1917
8936Lance Corporal William Gwebecunile, 1768, 2nd Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pleurisy and effusion, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.
1917
12542Driver Elias Komangoana, 13962, South African Native Labour Bureau. Ketekete, Died at Mount Fletcher - after discharge.
1917
35621Sub Inspector Alexander Maitland, S155491F, Winterton (South African Police), aged 50. Municipal Police.
1917
17782Private Jim Gezane Mpaqati, 13897, 25th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died on active service.
1918
11198Private Breakfast Jobela, 16219, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of enteric fever, at sea.
1918
22488Lieutenant Phillip Schur, 9th Bn. (Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)), aged 29. Killed in action.
1919
7921Lieutenant Charles Gattens, 63rd Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 27. Accidentally killed.
1919
25606Driver Sidney Cameron Tudhope, MT/2929, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 29. Died of malaria, influenza and pneumonia.
1925
33491Air Sergeant Hendrik Nicolas Van Der Westhuizen, 137, Regiment Potchefstroom University (South African Air Force), aged 26. Died at M'babane, Swaziland.
1934
32684Private Cornelius Maritz Richter, 41068, att 2 Battery, SAFA (Special Service Battalion), aged 19. Died in accident, while returning from training at Outlook Hill, the team drawing the gun carriage became skittish causing him to fall between the horses. He was run over by the cannon and team.
1941
355Private James William Allan, 3318427, 2nd Bn. (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders), aged 21. Missing, Death Presumed.
1941
2484Corporal Gerhardus Petrus Kotze Brand, 7889774, 2nd (Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.), aged 24. Died on active service.
1941
8678Lieutenant Jack Howard Green, 134487, 2nd (Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.), aged 28. Died on active service.
1941
13903Private Louw, C/15847, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1941
23470Private David Thomson Smith, 1301, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 54. Died on active service.
1942
1427Corporal Becket, 169997, 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 28. Killed in action.
1942
1545Gunner Cornelius Hermanus Bence, 141538, 1 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1942
4595Sergeant John Percival Cowley, 73437, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 26. Died of wounds.
1942
5274Sergeant Andries Petrus De Jager, 45900, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 27. Died of wounds.
1942
6328Gunner August Wilhelm Durrheim, 114795, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 21. Killed in action.
1942
7684Lieutenant Arthur John Frielinghaus, 13043, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 23. Died whilst a POW.
1942
9333Corporal Denis Charles Harrowsmith, 26431, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 23. Died of wounds, received by a bomb during an air attack on the convoy travelling toward Tobruk from Gazala.
1942
9368Gunner Gabriel Jacob Hartogh, C/277322, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action.
1942
12056Corporal Robert Boyce Parkes Kent, 73512, H.Q. 4th Bde. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds.
1942
12446Trooper Knight, 178691, 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps). Killed in action.
1942
14569Gunner George Norman Maidman, 107226, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery). Died of wounds.
1942
15703Private Stephen May, 19266, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, in a Stuka attack on the 2 South African Infantry Brigade assembly area at Tobruk.
1942
15849Private McCarthy, M/18946, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 40. Died on active service.
1942
16575Lance Corporal Michael, 35089, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces). Died on active service.
1942
17966Bombardier Douglas H Mullens, 53471, 1 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 28. Died on active service.
1942
18254Pilot Officer Henry Filby Myles, 777690, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 30. Died on active service.
1942
18630Trooper Newton, 744, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 21. Killed in action.
1942
18782Private Malcolm Allister Niddrie, 19283, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action, in a Stuka attack on the 2 South African Infantry Brigade assembly area at Tobruk.
1942
19264Bombardier Oelofse, 20009, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Killed in action.
1942
19501Private Edward Otten, 93958, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk.
1942
20143Lieutenant Peter Maurice Phelan, 8021, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1942
20838Lance Corporal Cyril Francis Pyle, 188142, South African Medical Corps, aged 34. Killed in action.
1942
21805Corporal Roos, 141872, 2 Field Provost Coy. (South African Corps of Military Police). Missing, Death Presumed.
1942
23755Private Stanley Owen Solomon, 1427, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 32. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk.
1942
24738Lieutenant Harold Thomas Tanner, H.M.S. Aldenham (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve). Died on active service.
1942
28671Lance Corporal Basil Wilfred Winder, RH/6855528, 1st Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps). Died on active service.
1942
28690Private George Winlock, 94000, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 31. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk.
1943
4480Private Jack Edward Coppinger, 87765, 1st (South African Irish), aged 34. Died of heart paralysis.
1943
11817Private Kapp, 331587, National Reserve Volunteer, aged 49. Died on active service.
1943
17843Labourer Msosa, 741, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.
1944
6521Private Nicolaas Johannes Eksteen, 62585V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Killed in action, during the attack and occupation of Allerona, Italy.
1944
7453Lance Corporal Hermanus Stephanus Fourie, 36523V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack and occupation of Allerona, Italy.
1944
7917Lance Corporal Kenneth Gates, 82617V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, shot by a sniper when his tank was disabled and he baled out. While his wounds were being treated, he was once again shot and died. This was in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia.
1944
9173Lieutenant John Dennis Howard Harding, 103790V, 92 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action.
1944
9306Lieutenant Arthur Gerald Harrison, 203415V, South African Air Force, aged 51. Died of coronary thrombosis.
1944
11878Gunner David Cornelius Kayser, 13074V, 4/22 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.
1944
12812Lance Corporal Terence Arthur Lahee, 1230V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, during the attack on Allerona, Italy.
1944
13365Gunner Frederick Stephanus Lesch, C/302543V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 37. Died on active service.
1944
13778Sapper William Lomax, 190465V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 33. Killed in action, while clearing obstacles and mines from the route with the advance guard from 12 Mot Bde (WR/DLR), in the vicinity of Bagnoregio, Italy.
1944
19921Private Johannes Petrus Pelser, 39300V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack on Allerona, Italy.
1944
24145Lieutenant James Douglas Stevenson, 53543V, 23 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 32. Died of wounds.
1944
25181Flight Sergeant Norman Walker Thomson, 1347010, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in air crash, at sea.
1944
25707Captain Kenneth Nicholas Udal, 224436V, 19 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 26. Died on active service.
1944
27004Lance Corporal William John Van Rooyen, SR/598417V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, when his Stuart tank was hit by 6 rounds of 50 mm AP, in vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia.
1944
27368Sergeant Matthys Laubscher Viljoen, 110338V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Killed in action, when he exited his tank with a first aid kit to try and assist the crew of a knocked out Stuart tank. He was shot by a sniper, in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia.
1944
27960Corporal Harold Lorimer Webster, 230088V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, when his Stuart tank was hit by 6 rounds of 50mm AP. This was in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia.
1944
28842Trooper Denis Bertrand Woolmore, 230144V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, when his Stuart tank was hit by 6 rounds of 50mm AP. This was in the vicinity of Orveito, near the River Paglia.
1945
5801Corporal Dixon, C/287811, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.
1945
28033Private Aaron Arthur Wells, 186823V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died on active service.
1947
26748Corporal Kitchener Van Der Westhuizen, M/27084, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died after discharge.
1954
36098Head Constable Christiaan Meyer, 14451, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 46. Shot and killed by an escaping convict.
1962
29967Second Lieutenant Johan Andries De Bruine, PX23850, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, near Pienaarsriver, in Canadair CL13B Sabre #351.
1963
34610Sergeant Danie J Eksteen, 23648, 7 Dist (Worcester) CW Div (South African Police), aged 35. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1973
40560Sergeant Michael Broad Wells, PR37738, 1st Field Regiment (Rhodesian Artillery), aged 29. Killed on active service, Motor vehicle accident.
1975
33242Private Rumai Teteko, 69410728KT, 31 (Bushman) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 22. Killed after being attacked and trampled to death by an enraged Buffalo while on Patrol in Southern Angola.
1976
38920Sapper Douglas Ian Bignall Bates, PR73533, 3 Squadron (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 24. Killed in action, in a vehicle ambush while clearing roads in the Honde Valley during Op Thresher, gun shot wound to head.
1976
39171Rifleman John Gibbs Crewe, PR104449, 5 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 19. Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, received in a contact at Nagaone Business Centre near Chipinga, Op Thrasher. Three CTs were encountered at a school; two were killed but, a third took cover in the bush from where he shot and killed Mark Torrington and John Crewe. A third rifleman was seriously wounded.
1976
40361Trooper Christopher Simon Handel Skinner, 727466, 1 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment), aged 24. Died of an accidental gunshot wound to the head, at Addams Barracks, Umtali, Rhodesia.
1976
40475Rifleman Mark Torrington, PR106055, 5 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 19. Killed in action, gunshot wounds, in a contact, at Nagaone Business Centre, near Chipinga, Op Thrasher.
1977
39524Private Fazel Karim, 99684T, 3 Reserve Holding Unit (Rhodesian Defence Regiment), aged 20. Died on active service.
1977
40081District Security Assistant Edward Nemachena, 6526, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 16. Killed in action, at Rushinga, Op Hurricane.
1978
31378Bombardier Christo Loots, 75474528BG, 4 Field Regiment (South African Artillery), aged 19. Died in Shooting Incident, at Oshakati.
1980
31025Lieutenant Johan Eben Keet, 73566820, 42 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Injured in a shooting incident at Oudtshoorn on 7 Jun 1980. He was shot in the chest by a Staff Sergeant from the Infantry school during an argument. He was flown to 2 Mil Hospital but died on 15 Jun from his injuries.
1981
31883Private Peter Andre Clifford Meyers, 70344411, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 26. Died from head injuries when he fell 10m from a slide during training at Grootfontein.
1986
34414Constable Philippus Rudolph De Flamingh, W400985B, Port Natal Division (South African Police), aged 28. Died in Motor Cycle Accident, in Mafeking Hospital.
1989
33682Rifleman Hendrik Francois Frederick Venter, 87216248, Dog Training Centre (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Found lying on the Transport Store floor at the Dog School. He was transported to the sickbay but was dead on arrival. It appears that he choked and died.
1990
37434Retief Scholtz, 600604-3, Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 49. Died on active service.
1990
37554Constable Sorab Shingange, S172741R, Meadowlands (South African Police), aged 35. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1990
37627Special Constable Sameul Sithole, S917972W, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 35. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1992
30117Commandant David Michael Drew, 76301407BG, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 42. Died on active service.
1992
31503Rifleman Victor Mansrom Mahlangu, 87717682HN, 115 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 23. Died of injuries, received in Military Vehicle Accident. SAMIL overturned between Kwamhlanga and 115 SAI, at Kwandebele.
1993
41626Rifleman Johan Cloete, 88344049, 8 SAI Bn (South African Infantry Corps), aged 21. Died in Shooting Incident, part of a group busy with veld sweeping operations near Welbekend, Transvaal. Upon return to their base at the Welbekend Police Station, they were instructed to make their weapons safe. During this procedure, one of the members accidentally fired a round which struck him, killing him.

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