On This Day

On This Day — 16 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

46644Burgher Louis Jacobus Du Preez, Zoutpansberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, Lydenburg.

1900

44829Burgher Christoffel Cornelis Snyman, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, Jagersfontein, dist Fauresmith.

1900

43945Burgher Petrus Johannes. Visser, Boer Forces, aged 55. Killed in action, Jagersfontein.

1901

46197Burgher Frederik Holliday, Edenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, dist Bloemhof.

1901

44828Burgher Filippus Christoffel Willem Snyman, Dewetsdorp Commando (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, dist Bloemfontein.

1901

44751Burgher Abraham Jacobus Steynberg, Rouxville Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, dist Rouxville.

1902

45620Burgher Marthinus Wilhelmus Dirk Morkel, Belfast Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Krugersdorp.

1907

34656Trooper Henry Sidney Farr, 2050(F), 24 Dist (Kimberley) Kimb Div (Natal Police), aged 29. Died of abscess on liver.

1909

37541Trooper Samuel Hood Shaw, 518190-9, Gauteng (Natal Police), aged 27. Died of gastric ulcer.

1916

3259Private Albert Calvert, 16480, 10th Coy. (Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)). Killed in action.

1916

3559Lieutenant Reginald Martin Chadwick, 2nd (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 46. Died of tetanus.

1916

6465Private Charles Henry Edwards, 7690, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.

1916

6528Private Charles Frederick Elgar, 7842, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. On the 12th October, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.

1916

10993Private Joseph Gwynne James, 8079, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, in front the Butte de Warlencourt.

1916

13267Private Max Victor Lehmann, 3714, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of malaria, at Kilossa.

1916

18483Private Robert Augustus Neil, 97, South African Railway Services, aged 39. Died at Windhoek Military Hospital.

1916

20168Second Lieutenant Edward James Phillips, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. In the night of the 12-13th October, the 3rd S.A.I. relieved the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. which had suffered heavily during the attack on Snag and Tail Trenches. A new trench (Pearse's Trench) was dug and a patrol was sent on reconnaissance on The Pimple in the hands of the Germans. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.

1916

22073Sergeant Ian Ramsay Russell, 217, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action, in front the Butte de Warlencourt.

1916

22578Staff Sergeant Thomas Creagh Scully, 321, South African Medical Corps, aged 57. Died of acute alcoholism.

1916

28247Captain Ernest Whiting, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received at Butte de Warlencourt.

1917

289Private Arthur Alder, 12744, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

1917

352Private James Bertram Allan, 4292, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of wounds.

1917

3940Lieutenant Mansfield Clarke, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1917

4798Sergeant Arthur Cummings, 4503, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, probably near Bazentin le Grand.

1917

5981Private John Henry Doyle, 1372, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment). Died of heart trouble.

1917

6422Private Richard Eddles, 10369, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.

1917

10880Private Japie Jacobs, 2089, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of cerebral malaria, at Morogoro.

1917

11089Private Cecil Douglas Jardine, 12629, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

16688Lieutenant Harry James Graham Stirling Miller Stirling, attd. 1st Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F. (General List), aged 31. Killed in action, in Battle of Mahiwa.

1917

20021Private George Walter Peters, 13186, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.

1917

27903Private Alfred Charles Wayland, 9782, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, during first battle of Passchendaele.

1918

451Corporal Cecil Harold Anderson, 13203, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

891Driver Jacob Bailey, HT/6098, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of influenza.

1918

1081Private Lawrence Barends, 7458, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 31. Died of influenza, at Zandheuvel Wellington.

1918

1452Private William Jacobus Beets, 23171, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

2731Captain Peter Handcock Broughton-Adderley, 1st Bn. (Scots Guards), aged 27. Died of wounds, received while commanding his Company in action on the previous day.

1918

3029Private Adam Burgers, 6166, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

1918

4154Private Kauffmann Coetzee, 21210, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

5228Driver John Andries Benjamin De Beer, MT/8652, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia.

1918

6764Private Andrew Esterhuizen, A/9734, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 46. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

7588Private Harald Haarfager Franzsen, 17689, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in action.

1918

7954Second Lieutenant Samuel Stanley Geach, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.

1918

8402Private Francis Cecil Goosen, 904, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 19. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

8883Labourer Charlie Gudd, 10457, attd. South African Medical Corps (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pneumonia and influenza, at Cape Town.

1918

34999Constable Wilhelm August Bernhard Hubach, 1020(F), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

10835Private Bob Jacobs, 6539, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

1918

11212Private Esau Johannes, 7004, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 25. Died of influenza.

1918

11637Private David John Jukarainen, 9817, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action.

1918

11959Private Albert Edward Keller, 10578, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed in action.

1918

12380Private Piet Klein, 68, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

1918

12456Private Jacobus Petrus Knoetze, 8824, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 22. Died of influenza.

1918

12842Leader John Lakier, 292, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 28. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

12985Gunner Hugo Paul Johannes Lassen, 5083, Cape Garrison Artillery, aged 21. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

13129Private James Le Roux, A/9044, Cape Cycle Corps, aged 23. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

13508Private Johannes Petrus Lewis, 8625, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 28. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

14838Labourer William Maluku, 14056, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 40. Died of influenza.

1918

18723Private John Nichol, 4204, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of influenza.

1918

19442Private William Patrick O'Reilly, 23516, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

19823Sapper Arthur Richard Payne, A/8370, Cape Fortress Engineers (South African Engineers). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

22058Gunner Herman Francis Russau, 1041, 125th Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 34. Died of pneumonia, influenza and heart failure.

1918

22590Private Charles Arthur Sealey, 10607, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

23511Private Gideon Francois Smith, 1763, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 50. Died on active service.

1918

24061Private William Steer, 6343, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

1918

37765Constable Robert Sutherland, 910(F), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 34. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

26770Private Christoffel Hendrick Van Dyk, 133, South African Medical Corps, aged 23. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

26932Private Charles Jacobus Van Rensburg, A/9720, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles). Died on active service.

1918

38064Constable Michael Daniel Jacobus Van Rensburg, 5421(M), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

27357Corporal Johannes Hercules Viljoen, 2082, South African Medical Corps. Died of influenza.

1918

27805Able Seaman John Frederick Penrose Waters, 230, S.A.R.N.V.R. H.M.S. "Afrikander" (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (South Africa)), aged 21. Died of influenza, pneumonia and heart failure.

1918

28249Captain Cuthbert Benson Ryder Whitson, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action.

1918

28332Fitter Henry Joseph Wilkins, 203, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia.

1919

13701Private Albert Edward Llewellin, 8252, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 47. Died of angina and syncope.

1926

36054Detective Sergeant Murdoch McLennan, 2850, Johannesburg CID (South African Police), aged 47. Stabbed while helping a comrade to effect the arrest of a native in the Ferreirastown area and died from the wound.

1939

11877Private Chikuekwe Kayoyasya, NRA/10225, 2nd Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1940

37Fireman and Trimmer Andrew Abrahams, S.S. Aloe (Merchant Navy), aged 31. Died of abscess on the bowel, in a civilian hospital, at Port Louis.

1940

9987Private Albert Hlatshwayo, N/4482, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of coronary thrombosis.

1940

27897Private Waugh, 250887, South African Medical Corps, aged 46. Died on active service.

1941

1941Private Charlie Bleki, N/4051, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1941

6049Captain Andries Petrus Johannes Du Plessis, 279243, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 54. Died on active service.

1941

6486Private Louis Edwards, C/275552, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1941

20575Air Mechanic John Matthew Poulter, 116201, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of tetanus.

1941

25160Lieutenant Alexander Sephton Thomson, 203176, 61 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 39. Died in Aircraft Accident, stalled in turn near Baragwanath, in DH82A Tiger Moth #1528.

1941

27035Private Hendrik Johannes Cornelius Van Staden, 1775, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died in Johannesburg General Hospital.

1941

29083Private Boyisana Zibi, N/32475, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Accidentally killed.

1942

2252Corporal Jan Wilhelmus Botha, 185647, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Died of liver abscess.

1942

10719Private William Lewis Irving, 6129, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 34. Died of accidental injuries, suffered shrapnel wounds to his hand, chest and abdomen when a 20mm shell he was handling, possibly negligently, exploded. He was injured on the 15th October but died in hospital the next day.

1942

11616Warrant Officer Class I George Thomas Joyce, 41964, South African Medical Corps. Died on active service.

1942

15813Private George McBean, C/274600, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

1942

24057Lieutenant Willem Frederick Steenkamp, 178259V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 25. Died in aircraft accident, crashed, plane burned out during night flying, in Bleinham #IL1492.

1943

3621Warrant Officer Class II Albert Edwin Chapman, 179854V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 62. Died of aplastic anaemia.

1943

14136Private Mabana, N/38303, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

17174Private Johannes Molefe, N/40684, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pneumonia.

1943

21494Sergeant Simon Lodewyk Riekert, 187481, South African Medical Corps, aged 41. Died of fracture to base of skull.

1944

93Lieutenant William Hendrick Ackerman, 542512V, South African Air Force, aged 24. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

1944

527Warrant Officer Class I Desmond Lionel Andrews, 32839V, South African Air Force, aged 24. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

1944

2222Lieutenant Christian Mauritz Botha, 542549V, 26 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 31. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

1944

2218Warrant Officer Class I Christoffel Johannes Botha, 206908V, South African Air Force, aged 23. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

1944

4790Lieutenant Dennis Osborne Cullingworth, 35379V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (4 RAFVR), shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter while en route to drop supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW250.

1944

5149Trooper Leo Davis, 327385V, South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Killed in action, enemy mortaring in the vicinity of Monte Stanco, Italy.

1944

6603Lieutenant Johannes Marthinus Els, 38949V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Grizzana, Italy.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 16 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 46644 — Burgher Louis Jacobus Du Preez, Zoutpansberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, Lydenburg.

- 1900 44829 — Burgher Christoffel Cornelis Snyman, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, Jagersfontein, dist Fauresmith.

- 1900 43945 — Burgher Petrus Johannes. Visser, Boer Forces, aged 55. Killed in action, Jagersfontein.

- 1901 46197 — Burgher Frederik Holliday, Edenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, dist Bloemhof.

- 1901 44828 — Burgher Filippus Christoffel Willem Snyman, Dewetsdorp Commando (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, dist Bloemfontein.

- 1901 44751 — Burgher Abraham Jacobus Steynberg, Rouxville Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, dist Rouxville.

- 1902 45620 — Burgher Marthinus Wilhelmus Dirk Morkel, Belfast Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Krugersdorp.

- 1907 34656 — Trooper Henry Sidney Farr, 2050(F), 24 Dist (Kimberley) Kimb Div (Natal Police), aged 29. Died of abscess on liver.

- 1909 37541 — Trooper Samuel Hood Shaw, 518190-9, Gauteng (Natal Police), aged 27. Died of gastric ulcer.

- 1916 3259 — Private Albert Calvert, 16480, 10th Coy. (Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)). Killed in action.

- 1916 3559 — Lieutenant Reginald Martin Chadwick, 2nd (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 46. Died of tetanus.

- 1916 6465 — Private Charles Henry Edwards, 7690, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.

- 1916 6528 — Private Charles Frederick Elgar, 7842, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. On the 12th October, the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The assault died away because of machine guns nests, placed well back in prepared positions, which caught the attacking waves at long range.

- 1916 10993 — Private Joseph Gwynne James, 8079, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, in front the Butte de Warlencourt.

- 1916 13267 — Private Max Victor Lehmann, 3714, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of malaria, at Kilossa.

- 1916 18483 — Private Robert Augustus Neil, 97, South African Railway Services, aged 39. Died at Windhoek Military Hospital.

- 1916 20168 — Second Lieutenant Edward James Phillips, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. In the night of the 12-13th October, the 3rd S.A.I. relieved the 2nd and 4th S.A.I. which had suffered heavily during the attack on Snag and Tail Trenches. A new trench (Pearse's Trench) was dug and a patrol was sent on reconnaissance on The Pimple in the hands of the Germans. On the 14th October, the B Coy took The Pimple and a considerable part of the German communication trench. The B Coy was relieved by the A Coy in the night of the 15-16th October. The casualties of the 3rd S.A.I. amounted to 38 men.

- 1916 22073 — Sergeant Ian Ramsay Russell, 217, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action, in front the Butte de Warlencourt.

- 1916 22578 — Staff Sergeant Thomas Creagh Scully, 321, South African Medical Corps, aged 57. Died of acute alcoholism.

- 1916 28247 — Captain Ernest Whiting, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received at Butte de Warlencourt.

- 1917 289 — Private Arthur Alder, 12744, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

- 1917 352 — Private James Bertram Allan, 4292, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of wounds.

- 1917 3940 — Lieutenant Mansfield Clarke, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1917 4798 — Sergeant Arthur Cummings, 4503, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, probably near Bazentin le Grand.

- 1917 5981 — Private John Henry Doyle, 1372, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment). Died of heart trouble.

- 1917 6422 — Private Richard Eddles, 10369, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.

- 1917 10880 — Private Japie Jacobs, 2089, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of cerebral malaria, at Morogoro.

- 1917 11089 — Private Cecil Douglas Jardine, 12629, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 16688 — Lieutenant Harry James Graham Stirling Miller Stirling, attd. 1st Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F. (General List), aged 31. Killed in action, in Battle of Mahiwa.

- 1917 20021 — Private George Walter Peters, 13186, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1917 27903 — Private Alfred Charles Wayland, 9782, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, during first battle of Passchendaele.

- 1918 451 — Corporal Cecil Harold Anderson, 13203, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 891 — Driver Jacob Bailey, HT/6098, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of influenza.

- 1918 1081 — Private Lawrence Barends, 7458, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 31. Died of influenza, at Zandheuvel Wellington.

- 1918 1452 — Private William Jacobus Beets, 23171, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 2731 — Captain Peter Handcock Broughton-Adderley, 1st Bn. (Scots Guards), aged 27. Died of wounds, received while commanding his Company in action on the previous day.

- 1918 3029 — Private Adam Burgers, 6166, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

- 1918 4154 — Private Kauffmann Coetzee, 21210, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 5228 — Driver John Andries Benjamin De Beer, MT/8652, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia.

- 1918 6764 — Private Andrew Esterhuizen, A/9734, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 46. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 7588 — Private Harald Haarfager Franzsen, 17689, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in action.

- 1918 7954 — Second Lieutenant Samuel Stanley Geach, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.

- 1918 8402 — Private Francis Cecil Goosen, 904, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 19. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 8883 — Labourer Charlie Gudd, 10457, attd. South African Medical Corps (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pneumonia and influenza, at Cape Town.

- 1918 34999 — Constable Wilhelm August Bernhard Hubach, 1020(F), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 10835 — Private Bob Jacobs, 6539, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

- 1918 11212 — Private Esau Johannes, 7004, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 25. Died of influenza.

- 1918 11637 — Private David John Jukarainen, 9817, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action.

- 1918 11959 — Private Albert Edward Keller, 10578, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed in action.

- 1918 12380 — Private Piet Klein, 68, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

- 1918 12456 — Private Jacobus Petrus Knoetze, 8824, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 22. Died of influenza.

- 1918 12842 — Leader John Lakier, 292, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 28. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 12985 — Gunner Hugo Paul Johannes Lassen, 5083, Cape Garrison Artillery, aged 21. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 13129 — Private James Le Roux, A/9044, Cape Cycle Corps, aged 23. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 13508 — Private Johannes Petrus Lewis, 8625, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 28. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 14838 — Labourer William Maluku, 14056, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 40. Died of influenza.

- 1918 18723 — Private John Nichol, 4204, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of influenza.

- 1918 19442 — Private William Patrick O'Reilly, 23516, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 19823 — Sapper Arthur Richard Payne, A/8370, Cape Fortress Engineers (South African Engineers). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 22058 — Gunner Herman Francis Russau, 1041, 125th Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 34. Died of pneumonia, influenza and heart failure.

- 1918 22590 — Private Charles Arthur Sealey, 10607, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 23511 — Private Gideon Francois Smith, 1763, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 50. Died on active service.

- 1918 24061 — Private William Steer, 6343, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.

- 1918 37765 — Constable Robert Sutherland, 910(F), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 34. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 26770 — Private Christoffel Hendrick Van Dyk, 133, South African Medical Corps, aged 23. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 26932 — Private Charles Jacobus Van Rensburg, A/9720, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles). Died on active service.

- 1918 38064 — Constable Michael Daniel Jacobus Van Rensburg, 5421(M), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 27357 — Corporal Johannes Hercules Viljoen, 2082, South African Medical Corps. Died of influenza.

- 1918 27805 — Able Seaman John Frederick Penrose Waters, 230, S.A.R.N.V.R.  H.M.S. "Afrikander" (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (South Africa)), aged 21. Died of influenza, pneumonia and heart failure.

- 1918 28249 — Captain Cuthbert Benson Ryder Whitson, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action.

- 1918 28332 — Fitter Henry Joseph Wilkins, 203, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia.

- 1919 13701 — Private Albert Edward Llewellin, 8252, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 47. Died of angina and syncope.

- 1926 36054 — Detective Sergeant Murdoch McLennan, 2850, Johannesburg CID (South African Police), aged 47. Stabbed while helping a comrade to effect the arrest of a native in the Ferreirastown area and died from the wound.

- 1939 11877 — Private Chikuekwe Kayoyasya, NRA/10225, 2nd Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1940 37 — Fireman and Trimmer Andrew Abrahams, S.S. Aloe (Merchant Navy), aged 31. Died of abscess on the bowel, in a civilian hospital, at Port Louis.

- 1940 9987 — Private Albert Hlatshwayo, N/4482, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of coronary thrombosis.

- 1940 27897 — Private Waugh, 250887, South African Medical Corps, aged 46. Died on active service.

- 1941 1941 — Private Charlie Bleki, N/4051, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1941 6049 — Captain Andries Petrus Johannes Du Plessis, 279243, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 54. Died on active service.

- 1941 6486 — Private Louis Edwards, C/275552, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1941 20575 — Air Mechanic John Matthew Poulter, 116201, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of tetanus.

- 1941 25160 — Lieutenant Alexander Sephton Thomson, 203176, 61 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 39. Died in Aircraft Accident, stalled in turn near Baragwanath, in DH82A Tiger Moth #1528.

- 1941 27035 — Private Hendrik Johannes Cornelius Van Staden, 1775, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died in Johannesburg General Hospital.

- 1941 29083 — Private Boyisana Zibi, N/32475, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Accidentally killed.

- 1942 2252 — Corporal Jan Wilhelmus Botha, 185647, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Died of liver abscess.

- 1942 10719 — Private William Lewis Irving, 6129, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 34. Died of accidental injuries, suffered shrapnel wounds to his hand, chest and abdomen when a 20mm shell he was handling, possibly negligently, exploded. He was injured on the 15th October but died in hospital the next day.

- 1942 11616 — Warrant Officer Class I George Thomas Joyce, 41964, South African Medical Corps. Died on active service.

- 1942 15813 — Private George McBean, C/274600, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

- 1942 24057 — Lieutenant Willem Frederick Steenkamp, 178259V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 25. Died in aircraft accident, crashed, plane burned out during night flying, in Bleinham #IL1492.

- 1943 3621 — Warrant Officer Class II Albert Edwin Chapman, 179854V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 62. Died of aplastic anaemia.

- 1943 14136 — Private Mabana, N/38303, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 17174 — Private Johannes Molefe, N/40684, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pneumonia.

- 1943 21494 — Sergeant Simon Lodewyk Riekert, 187481, South African Medical Corps, aged 41. Died of fracture to base of skull.

- 1944 93 — Lieutenant William Hendrick Ackerman, 542512V, South African Air Force, aged 24. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

- 1944 527 — Warrant Officer Class I Desmond Lionel Andrews, 32839V, South African Air Force, aged 24. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

- 1944 2222 — Lieutenant Christian Mauritz Botha, 542549V, 26 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 31. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

- 1944 2218 — Warrant Officer Class I Christoffel Johannes Botha, 206908V, South African Air Force, aged 23. Killed in action, failed to recover from dive, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #MP595, off coast of West Africa.

- 1944 4790 — Lieutenant Dennis Osborne Cullingworth, 35379V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (4 RAFVR), shot down by Luftwaffe night fighter while en route to drop supplies to Polish Home Army Partisans in Warsaw, Poland, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW250.

- 1944 5149 — Trooper Leo Davis, 327385V, South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Killed in action, enemy mortaring in the vicinity of Monte Stanco, Italy.

- 1944 6603 — Lieutenant Johannes Marthinus Els, 38949V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Grizzana, Italy.

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