ON THIS DAY

15 August

110

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Person # Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Date of Death
424 Ambayamba Jailobo Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
539 Andrews Peter Herbert Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
38356 Ashara Katungura Field Reservist British South Africa Police 1979-08-15
1003 Baloyi Jackson Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces 1946-08-15
1614 Benson Josiah Labourer South African Native Labour Bureau 1917-08-15
29427 Beytell Jardine John Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1949-08-15
1829 Birkenbach Stanley Petty Officer South African Naval Forces 1945-08-15
29451 Biyela Edwin Chaplan Lance Corporal SA Army 1998-08-15
2415 Boyd William Brian Lieutenant South African Air Force 1942-08-15
2476 Branch-clark John Christopher Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
38371 Britland Peter Patrol Officer British South Africa Police 1976-08-15
2746 Brown Charles Lamont Private Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces 1940-08-15
34259 Butler Hennie Rensburg Lance Sergeant South African Police 1934-08-15
3193 Bwezani Juma Bwezani Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
29718 Chamba Malato Or Melato Private South West African Territory Force 1981-08-15
3598 Chanda Robert Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
3625 Chapman Harold Private Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) 1917-08-15
3665 Chedulani Lazaro Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
3717 Chikasu Samuel Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
39102 Chinyama Taengwa Norbolt District Security Assistant Internal Affairs 1979-08-15
4274 Collins Eric Trower Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1944-08-15
4363 Conochie Peter Private South African Infantry 1916-08-15
4413 Cooke Cedrick Arthur Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
4517 Cornwall John Robert Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1942-08-15
38700 Cremer Charles Field Reservist British South Africa Police 1978-08-15
41221 Daniels Charles Cecil Stoker 1st Class Royal Navy 1916-08-15
5344 De Kooker Sergeant South African Artillery 1945-08-15
5565 Denny Richard Harold Cecil Corporal Pretoria Highlanders, S.A. Forces 1940-08-15
5638 Dhlamini Sabata Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces 1945-08-15
6425 Eden Joseph Oliver Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1941-08-15
6635 Emslie William Henry Sergeant South African Infantry 1917-08-15
6881 Fairweather Keith Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
6883 Faithfull Sidney Leigh Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 1916-08-15
7895 Garrow Roy Allan Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1944-08-15
8133 Giddy Napier Llewellyn Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 1916-08-15
8154 Gilbert Labourer Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1944-08-15
8774 Griffin Harry Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-08-15
9084 Hamilton Robert George Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
10213 Hooey Grattan Chesney Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
10309 Hosegood William Leman Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 1918-08-15
10651 Immelman Roy Hoole Flying Officer Royal Air Force 1940-08-15
35074 Johnson David Inspector South African Police 2002-08-15
11687 Kabanda Chilesnya Sergeant Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
11865 Kawale Geni Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1940-08-15
31020 Kearns Ivan William Leading Seaman South African Navy 1973-08-15
13016 Lavery Ray Arras Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
13074 Lawson Ralph Lawrence Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-15
13750 Lockwood John Aitken Hunter Driver Army Service Corps 1916-08-15
14242 Macgregor Robert Butler (bobbie) Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 1940-08-15
14256 Macintyre Alexander Stewart Squadron Leader Royal Air Force 1943-08-15

Deaths on 15 August by Year