We remember those who died in service on this day:
1900
47917Burgher Martinus Hermanus Van Staden, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 48.Died of reumathism while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1900
44101Burgher Jan A Van Wyk, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 60.Killed in action, Harrismith.
1901
47511Burgher Petrus Jacobus Bellingan, Boer Forces, aged 22.Killed in action, Oorlogspoort,Aberdeen.
1901
46998Burgher B Cohen, Boer Forces.Killed in action, Mooirivier.
1901
48140Burgher Louis Andries Nel, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 54.Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.
1901
48129Burgher Louis Andries Steyn, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 54.Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.
1902
47790Burgher Nicolaas Johannes Gerhardus Laubscher, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 46.Died of intestinal obstruction while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1914
366761st Class Detective Constable Charles Albert Mynott, 67, District 39 Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 42.Shot by members of the Foster gang in Regentspark, Johannesburg.
1914
26505Rifleman Johannes Petrus Van Baalen, 2648, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles).Killed in action, at Steinkopf (Ramans Drift) near Houms, after coming in contact with enemy patrol.
1916
2628Private Jacinto Brito, 9247, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19.Died of disease.
1916
3435Lieutenant Lawrence Stanley Carrick, 49th Bn. (Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)), aged 34.Killed in action, at Chalk Pits, map ref. X.10.c. Killed in action, gallanting leading his men in an attack, hit in head with rifle and instantly killed.
1916
3869Second Lieutenant Arthur Vernon Clare, 21st Bn. (London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)), aged 20.Killed in action.
1916
4914Captain Douglas Scott Dalrymple-Clark, 18th Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 34.Killed in action.
1916
5392Captain Frederick Gordon De Satge, 1st Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps).Killed in action.
1916
7650Private Isaac Reuben Freeman, 8402, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22.Killed in action.
1916
7883Rifleman Wodehouse Vincent Raven Heath Garland, 4874, 18th Bn. (London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)), aged 27.Killed in action, during attack on High Wood.
1916
10313Sergeant John Edward Hoskin, 441280, 28th Bn. (Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)), aged 33.Killed in action, at Courcelette.
1916
12083Captain Henry Valder Kershaw, 19th Bn. (London Regiment), aged 38.Killed in action.
1916
40424Native Sergeant Hunter Kula, 2620, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 47.Died of pneumonia.
1916
13458Second Lieutenant Arthur Lascelles Levick, 3rd Bn. (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), aged 22.Killed in action.
1916
13763Captain Hubert Henderson Logan, 10th Bn. (Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)), aged 43.Killed in action, during attack on Flers (Switch Trench).
1916
14498Labourer Jeremiah Maghuka, 3919, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau).Died of fractured skull, at Nairobi.
1916
15705Private Thomas Charles May, 1152, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of wounds, received 8th September.
1916
17758Sergeant James Mowlem, 23/42, 3rd (New Zealand Rifle Brigade), aged 39.Killed in action.
1916
18776Sergeant Walter Kenneth Nicol, 4827, 18th Bn. (London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)), aged 26.Killed in action, during attack on High Wood.
1916
21657Rifleman William Radcliffe Robertson, 23/45, 3rd (New Zealand Rifle Brigade), aged 32.Killed in action.
1916
21960Private Herbert Thomas John Rowe, 4909, 1st Bn. (London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)), aged 24.Missing, Death Presumed.
1916
21972Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson, 4th Bn. (Yorkshire Regiment), aged 36.Killed in action.
1916
39672Rifleman John Struthers, 4897, 1st/19th Bn. (London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)), aged 41.Killed in action.
1916
25161Second Lieutenant Arthur Stewart Thomson, 7th Bn. (London Regiment), aged 23.Died of wounds.
1916
28682Lieutenant Paul Winer, 7th (South African Horse), aged 37.Killed in action, by rifle fire at close quarters in an encounter with Askari on the Mgeta River.
1917
2880Private Ernest Brukman, 14339, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18.Killed in action.
1917
14881Private Jack Manala, 4122, 2nd Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis.
1917
16422Private James Alexander Merryweather, 5482, 8th (South African Horse), aged 26.Died of abscess on liver.
1917
18386Ox Driver Fanyana Ndaba, 17276, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.
1917
23965Gunner Hubert Morris Stanford, 1171, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 26.Died of sarcoma, glands neck.
1918
1834Bombardier Clarence Eric Birt, 438, 75th (Natal) Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery).Killed in action.
1918
9639Bombardier James Gordon Henderson, 46335, 37th Div. Ammunition Col. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 29.Died on active service.
1918
11512Sapper Gert Jacobus Jordaan, SAR/232, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service, aged 26.Died of accidental injuries, head crashed by sliding door of brake van, which slammed to during operations.
1918
12230Lieutenant Alexander John Gavin King, 149th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 24.Killed whilst flying.
1918
13171Corporal William John Leane, 5863, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces.Died suddenly, at Johannesburg, likely due to complications from malaria.
1918
13580Sergeant Robert Renwick Lightbody, 158968, 203rd Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 21.Killed in action, flying on Sopwith Camel, shot down in flames after a combat against four Fokker DVII near Bourlon Wood (near Cambrai, Nord).
1918
20157Lieutenant Leslie Archer Philip, 204th Training Depot Station (Royal Air Force), aged 21.Killed in aeroplane accident.
1940
13880Private Johannes Hendrik Loubser, 50820, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1940
15983Lieutenant Frederick James McGee, 169210, 3rd Bn. (Coldstream Guards), aged 40.Died on active service.
1941
4774Flying Officer Ernest Edwin Gordon Crump, 82666, 207 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25.Died in Aircraft Accident, Manchester L7318, in transit, crashed 1810 and exploded after diving into the ground in the Waddington circuit while returning to base.
1941
6671Seaman Pounigadee Enkayah, S.S. Tinhow (Glasgow) (Merchant Navy), aged 26.Died at 31 40 S, 33 00 E.
1941
8809Private Grobelaar, D/1926, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1941
9175Private Johannes Oelof Harding, 61947, 1/2 (Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces), aged 33.Killed in action, machine gunned by an enemy aircraft when the convoy he was in, was attacked. He was on his way to Matruh for departure on Union leave.
1941
24930Terblanche, S.S. Pegasus (Merchant Navy).En route from LEITH for TRINIDAD, ALEXANDRIA and HAIFA carrying 5,500 tons general cargo including military stores and barge on deck, she was torpedoed and sunk by U-94. 16 crew lost from a total crew of 29.
1942
41477Private Thomas Edward William Bentley, 282529, "A" Coy. (Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces), aged 16.Died of acute rheumatic fever, at Potchefstroom Military Hospital.
1942
10981Corporal Beric Herbert James, P/4581, 1 Bde.Workshop (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 25.Died of wounds.
1942
18956Captain Charles Reginald Percival Norris, 2108, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces).Killed in action.
1942
23853Pilot Officer John Llewellyn Spence, 80415, 266 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20.Killed in action, Typhoon R7645, baled out over the sea. Was seen in dinghy and fix given but distance was too great to reach him by boat before nightfall and the sea was too rough to land a Walrus.
1943
3491Private Edwin Fairfax Cary, 107956, 1st (South African Irish), aged 34.Shot, whilst a POW.
1944
1029Flying Officer Arthur Harold Banfield, 52396, Royal Air Force, aged 31.Died in vehicle accident.
1944
5308Lieutenant Ian Isaac De Klerk, 206401V, 41 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Died of injuries, received in crashed forced landing after engine failed, West of Nicosia, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JL308.
1944
5692Lieutenant Aubrey Ellis Dickson, 103837V, 5 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Died in Field Hospital, at Bologna, whilst a POW.
1944
5810Air Corporal Sydney Dixon, 47668V, South African Air Force, aged 38.Died of natural causes.
1944
8664Air Corporal Ernest Arthur Green, 312866V, South African Air Force, aged 59.Died of pneumonia.
1944
16822Corporal Robert Mkandlwana, N/16813, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1944
17701Private Jan Mangope Motsake, N/7894, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of injuries, received in motor accident.
1944
29088Sergeant Bernard Ziegler, 250877, South African Medical Corps, aged 46.Died on active service.
1945
1735Warrant Officer Class II Robert William Bevan, 307059V, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 18.Died of cerebral haemorrhage, at Khartoum.
1946
13674Air Corporal James Solly Lister, 138054, South African Air Force, aged 60.Died on active service.
15783Corporal Olifant Mboniswa, N/34686, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of tuberculosis and peritonitis.
1971
34824Mathys Petrus Coetzer Greyvenstein, 43332, 20 Dist (Queenstown) CE Div (South African Police), aged 55.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1976
39527Rifleman Frederick Martin Kaschula, PR104068, 2nd Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 20.Killed in action, gun shot wound received in an ambush at Chikwarakware, Sengwe Tribal Trust Lands, Nuanetsi, Op Repulse.
1976
40159Lance Corporal Patrick Malcolm O'Reilly, PR103557, 2nd Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 19.Killed in action, gun shot wound received in an ambush at Chikwarakware, Sengwe Tribal Trust Lands, Nuanetsi, Op Repulse.
1979
40121Private Evans Nyamayaro, 661038, 1 Psychological Operations Unit (Central Intelligence Organisation), aged 21.Killed in action, gunshot wound in a contact.
1979
40626Trooper Lovemore Ziyambe, 660631, 1 Squadron (Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment), aged 47.Died of wounds, received in action.
1980
40712Inspector William Henry Gloss, 9367, 1st Battalion (British South Africa Police), aged 20.Murdered, by ZANLA dissidents, at Romeo Assembly Point, near Sinoia. He was shot in the back after an argument.
1980
33664Corporal Keelifa Vanala Or Vavala, 76909167SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24.Killed in action, friendly fire.
1982
33186Warrant Officer Class II Pieter Ryno Johannes Swart, 05469911PE, 16 Std (Maritime), aged 52.Died of heart attack after collapsing during a fitness walk. Even though efforts were made to resuscitate him, he was dead on arrival at 2 Mil.
1984
30230Inspector Willem Otto Els, 00185, 5 Stores Depot (South West African Police), aged 39.Died on active service.
1984
30629Rifleman Otto Bismarck Harms, 81056012BG, 54 Battalion (Special G), aged 19.Died in Freak Accident, at Germiston, hit by train.
1985
30315Corporal Bruce Andrew Fidler, 79517090BG, 7 Medical Battalion Group attd. 44 Parachute Brigade (1 Parachute Battalion), aged 22.Killed in action, captured in a vehicle ambush, during an Op in Angola. He was interrogated and then executed and his body was returned during the Peace Negotiations in 1992.
1988
30054Lance Corporal Brian Collin Deyes, 84570126, Finance Dept (South African Air Force), aged 20.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident, in Potgieter St, Pretoria. His car rolled and he was killed instantly.
1988
37349Constable Alwyn Bernardus Richter, W414758P, 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 20.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1989
34282Constable Gavin Mark Caswell, W419416W, Port Natal Division (South African Police), aged 23.Died in Police Vehicle Accident, on duty.
1991
35503Constable Jacob H Mabena, 0169742-1, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 30.Accidentally killed, shot by a colleague during a raid.
1992
35011Constable Shaun Marc Ingram, 0444805-7, Richmond District (South African Police), aged 21.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1997
35125Sergeant Karel Cornelius (Bokkie) Kara, 636550-7, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 20.Died on active service.
1997
36126Constable Nicholas Jan Mhlanga, 494494-1, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 29.Shot dead in police vehicle after crashing into a wall in Wesselton, Ermelo.
1997
36688Inspector Charles Albert Naidoo, 606567-8, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police), aged 42.Killed by lightning.
1998
31062Warrent Officer II Petrus Khutsoane, 95081428, Military Intellegence (SA Intelligence Corps), aged 25.Died of Medical Reason, at 1 Mil Hospital, while off duty.
1998
31918Lance Corporal Buhle Sidwell Mkhize, 94679850, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Army), aged 20.Died at Limit Hill, Ladysmith, stabbed by unknown parties, while off duty.
1999
37366Sergeant Daantjie J F Roodt, 437427-4, 48 Dist (Umtata) Tkei Div (South African Police), aged 28.Died on active service.
1999
37427Sergeant Pieter B S Schoeman, 431173-6, 25 Dist (Bloemfontein) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 30.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2000
35515Sergeant Jacob H Mabotja, 636730-5, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 30.Or 630099-5.
2000
35640Inspector Eric B Makgeta, 619989-5, Tarkastad Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 41.Shot by unknown persons.
2007
35465Sergeant Johan Mfanufikile Luphoko, 479173-8, Mpumalanga (South African Police Service), aged 26.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2007
36512Student Constable Carel Petrus Moyo, 7062841-6, Mpumalanga (South African Police Service), aged 20.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2011
42763Warrant Officer Hlalele, 613925-6, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.
2013
42915Constable Sinxesi, 7086684-8, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.