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ON THIS DAY

16 June

114

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 16 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
43689Burgher Papenfus, Boer Forces, aged 49. Killed in action, Witklip Bethlehem.
1901
47428Burgher Jeremia Jesaja Bezuidenhout, Boer Forces (Gen Beyers Commando), aged 30. Killed in action, Dwarsriver.
1901
44271Burgher E.e.a. Van Nispen, Boer Forces (Gen Beyers/Pietersburg Commando), aged 36. Killed in action, Tamboekiesrand/Boekenhoutkop,Waterberg.
1902
48303Burgher Petrus Daffue, Boer Forces (Prisoner of War), aged 54. Died of beri-beri while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1902
47766Burgher Frederick Willem (2) Scott, Boer Forces (Prisoner of War). Died of dysentery while a prisoner of war, Colombo.
1902
47961Burgher Hendrik Jonathan Van Aswegen, Boer Forces (Prisoner of War), aged 46. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, India, Umballa.
1915
10Private Reginald Frederick William Abbott, 2694, 1st Bn. (Honourable Artillery Company), aged 33. Killed in action, during British attack at Hooge, Flanders.
1915
1632Lieutenant Charles Maurice Berlein, 5th Bn. (Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action.
1916
16906Labourer John Mnyakama, 2770, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of malaria, at Kondoa-Irangi.
1917
14797Private Charlie Malisela, 1191, 5th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died of tubercular peritonitis, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.
1917
15427Labourer Johannes Massi, 14371, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.
1917
22480Private Joseph Daniel Schuller, 1796, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of acute enteritis, at Cape Town.
1917
25226Private Salatiel Dayide Thulo, 15693, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps), aged 21. Drowned.
1918
7734Lieutenant Hugh Robert Fuhr, 67th Training Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 19. Accidentally killed, whilst flying.
1918
8344Lieutenant John Morrissey Goller, 62nd Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action.
1918
11751Private Kamana, M/1917, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of trypanosomiasis, in Port Amelia, PEA (Mozambique).
1918
22177Private Selmar Salinge Salomon, 10759, 4th South African Infantry, aged 27. Killed in action, at Fletre by a bomb dropped by an enemy aircraft.
1918
22597Private Charles McKenzie Seaton, 335, 1st S.A. Gen. Hosp. (South African Medical Corps (Corps)), aged 19. Killed in action.
1918
24173Second Lieutenant Harold Malcolm Stewart, 27th Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 20. Killed in air combat, in DH4 B2086.
1918
26993Gunner Jacobus Nickolas Van Rooyen, 2232, 1st (South African Field Artillery), aged 26. Died of pneumonia.
1918
27551Private Andrew Wainwright, 342, 1st S.A. Gen. Hosp. (South African Medical Corps (Corps)). Killed in action.
1918
29063Private Zauwa, M/177, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of diarrhoea.
1921
19284Staff Sergeant James Bernard O'Hara, MW/17, Dispersal Camp Maitland (Camp Commandants Staff). Died at St. Patricks Hospital, Waterford, England, possibly due to effects of fracture.
1941
1995Private Edward Albert Blumrick, 137711, 1st Reserve Brigade, aged 41. Died of coronary thrombosis.
1941
15083Flight Sergeant Stephanus Francois Marais, 580428, 103 Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, Wellington IC N2849, took off 2300 16 June 1941 from Newton, shot down over Belgium.
1941
16591Private Arthur Cecil Middlemost, 75113, 1st Bn. (Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles), aged 22. Died of cerebral malaria, at sea, while en route to the Middle East.
1941
25337Lieutenant Edward Ayliff Todd, 47517, 30 Squadron, aged 19. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Hurricane I #W9344.
1941
29053Private Phiri Zakwawanga, NRA/12438, 4th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.
1942
3523Lieutenant John Didcott Cathrine, 103549, 43 Air School, aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, 4 crew (2 RAF) engine failed crashed in sea off Kowie River mouth, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3372.
1942
6659Private Schalk Charles Engelbrecht, 198317, 2nd, aged 31. Died of meningitis and septicemia.
1942
6738Gunner Norton Erlichman, 109258, 2 A.A. Regiment (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 44. Died of wounds.
1942
7716Major John Everitt Frost, P/102641, 5 Squadron, aged 23. Killed in action, shot down south of Tobruk, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AM422. Possibly shot down by Gunther Steinhausen, who was credited with 40 victories, East of El Adem.
1942
8465Lieutenant Astley John Gould, 105992, South African Artillery (Corps), aged 22. Died on active service.
1942
10225Lieutenant Clifford Walter Hooper, 103783, 62 Air School, aged 26. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed on take-off at night near Bloemfontein, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2939.
1942
11879Private John Kayster, C/301544, Cape Corps, aged 18. Died of accidental gun shot wound.
1942
13208Lance Corporal Albert James Lee, 9737, 6 S.A. Bde., Sig. Coy. (South African Corps of Signals (Corps)), aged 26. Died of wounds, shot wounds accidentally sustained.
1942
17965Private Robert John Mullen, 241542, Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, aged 32. Died of shock, following multiple accidental injuries.
1942
18000Private Raymond Joseph Mullin, 19228, Cape Town Highlanders, aged 22. Died of wounds.
1942
18210Private Kalishi Mwanga, NR/686, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.
1942
19150Private Jonathan Pande Nyoni, N/166, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of wounds.
1942
20289Private Pieterse, SAP/196933, aged 34. Died of wounds.
1942
22243Private Matthews Sango, N/24809, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of cerebral abscess.
1942
26502Air Sergeant Van Aswegen, P/4962, 43 Air School, aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, 4 crew (2 RAF) engine failed crashed in sea off Kowie River mouth, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3372.
1942
27785Bandsman Clifford William Wasserfall, 26436, 1st (Imperial Light Horse), aged 19. Died of wounds, received on 7th June in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time. Died in hospital 16th June.
1943
18845Private Putana Nkabela, N/22744, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of poisoning.
1944
771Fireman William George Augustine, S.S. Columbine, aged 43. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
778Lieutenant William MacGregor Malcomson Auld, 542424V, 17 Squadron, aged 30. Killed in action, flew into hill returning from patrol, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #JS890.
1944
1847Lieutenant Alexander Bissett, 70121V, H.M.S.A.S. Babiana (South African Navy (Corps)), aged 34. Died of natural causes.
1944
1908Fireman William Blankenberg, S.S. Columbine, aged 37. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
2140Lieutenant Trygve Frederik Borgen, 224537V, 17 Squadron, aged 28. Killed in action, flew into hill returning from patrol, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #JS890.
1944
2230Lance Corporal Eduard Pretorius Botha, 232703V, "B" Coy. (Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey), aged 23. Died of wounds, received from machine gun fire in the area South East of Salci, Italy.
1944
2674Private Peter William Broli, 307332V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, aged 21. Died of wounds, gun shot wound to his forehead, received on 10 June, during the attack on Colleno, Italy.
1944
3593Carpenter Yuen Shing Chan, S.S. Columbine, aged 28. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
3735Mess Room Boy Dong Chin, S.S. Columbine, aged 33. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
4981Fireman Leonard Henry Daniels, S.S. Columbine, aged 28. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
5094Brough Davies, S.S. Columbine, aged 21. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
5191Warrant Officer Class I John Goldsbrough Dawson, 326533V, 17 Squadron, aged 19. Killed in action, flew into hill returning from patrol, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #JS890.
1944
6795Captain Colin Campbell Evans, 87046V, South African Engineer Corps (Corps), aged 48. Died on active service.
1944
9505Major Pieter Jooste Hayden-Thomas, P/102652V, South African Air Force (Corps), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, Oxford ED236, flew into a wall whilst carrying out a BABS approach at Castle Coombe, Wiltshire.
1944
10502Private Tys Human, C/286563V, Cape Corps, aged 26. Died of multiple injuries.
1944
17272Fireman Edgar Ralph Jacobs, S.S. Columbine, aged 26. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
12449Fireman Herbert Richard Knipe, S.S. Columbine, aged 21. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
12464Signaller John Francis Knowles, 34594V, South African Corps of Signals (Corps), aged 23. Died on active service.
1944
13033Fireman Kenneth Yorkshire Lawler, S.S. Columbine, aged 37. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
13105Sapper Pieter Andries Le Grange, 229141V, South African Engineer Corps (Corps), aged 47. Died of natural causes.
1944
13137Able Bodied Seaman Lionel Nello Lourens Le Roux, S.S. Columbine, aged 20. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
14469Private Alfred Magade, N/69961, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of cardiac failure.
1944
16741Private John Minnaar, C/169227, Cape Corps, aged 43. Died on active service.
1944
19278Fireman Vernon Ogle, S.S. Columbine, aged 30. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
20083Fireman John Petersen, S.S. Columbine, aged 47. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
21807Able Bodied Seaman William Henry Rooza, S.S. Columbine, aged 26. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
23125Master Andre Reidar Simensen, S.S. Columbine, aged 33. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
23623Storeman Vincent Douglas Smith, S.S. Columbine, aged 25. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
24684Steward Semui Tai, S.S. Columbine, aged 21. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
25258Fireman Joseph Richard Timm, S.S. Columbine, aged 32. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1944
26544Captain Petrus Johannes Van Den Berg, 310316V, General Service Corps (Corps), aged 34. Died of typhoid fever, at 78 General Hospital.
1944
29003Galley Boy Sin Won Yen, S.S. Columbine, aged 27. On 16 June 1944, the unescorted Columbine (Master Andre Reidar Simensen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-198, 25 miles northwest of Cape Columbine, South Africa. The master, 19 crew members and six passengers were lost.
1946
20950Colour Serjeant Mary Isabel Rae, WA/100, Southern Rhodesia Women's Auxiliary Military Service, aged 50. Died on active service.
1946
24607Private Adam J J Swartz, M/17700, Indian and Malay Corps (Corps), aged 30. Died on active service.
1946
25331Major Tobin, 193069, South African Engineer Corps (Corps), aged 49. Died on active service.
1946
26589Sapper Van Der Linde, 193972, South African Engineer Corps (Corps). Died on active service.
1956
29491Second Lieutenant John Bonnes, P1/42965, 7 Squadron, aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, collided in line eastern formation with #7681 and #7670 and crashed into sea, in AT-6 Harvard #7687.
1956
33078Lieutenant David Beaumont Barclay Stapleton, 7 Squadron, aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, collided in line astern formation with #7681 and #7687 and crashed into Table Bay, in AT-6 Harvard #7670.
1967
36542Constable Mpungose, 135861, North West Province. Stabbed to death.
1970
37065Sergeant Frederick Albertus Oosthuizen, 45916, Free State, aged 24. Died in Freak Accident, drowned while on Counter-insurgency duty in Rhodesia.
1971
48590Commandant John Skerten Innes, 01521343E, Army Staff Corps (South African Staff Corps (Corps)), aged 42. Died of heart attack while on duty in Luanda, attached to the Joint Combat Liaison Mission.
1976
30736Rifleman Clifford Donald Holland, 72268949BT, Durban Light Infantry, aged 19. Died in Shooting Incident, at Ruacana, struck by a bullet from an accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle.
1977
30895Rifleman Stephen Jones, 66490269BT, Regiment Schoonspruit, aged 27. Died from a gunshot wound accidentally sustained at the Oshivello Training Area.
1979
39302Trooper Wulf Eike Elsaesser, 729874, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action, during an operation to rescue a kidnapped woman, Mrs. Mulligan.
1979
39567District Security Assistant Aloys Juda Kuradu, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 29. Died on active service.
1979
39805Trooper Bruce John McKend, 125542, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 44. Killed in action, during an operation to rescue a kidnapped woman, Mrs. Mulligan.
1979
40078Sergeant Pieter Jacobus Stephanus Nel, 119582, 6 Independent Company (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 21. Died in Freak Accident, while trying to disarm an RPG rocket for a souvenir, in the barracks at Inyanga, Op Thrasher.
1980
35000Constable Johan Coenraad Hugo, W82129E, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div, aged 21. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1982
31868Lieutenant Ron Messerer, 3341776, Air Force (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 20. Killed in action, while rescuing wounded, in the Peace for Galilee war, in the defence of Israel.
1984
48591Rifleman Johann Jacobus Hurter, 1 Parachute Battalion, aged 24. Killed in a private motor vehicle accident while on weekend pass.
1984
32247Special Sergeant Nghifino, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 21. Killed in action, contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland. Member of Koevoet.
1986
29398Private Neil Ben-Atar, Paratroop brigade (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 19. Killed in training accident in the defence of Israel.
1991
41829Private Gert Adriaan Buys, 79221248KT, H.q. (South African Technical Services Corps (Corps)), aged 27. Died of injuries, received in Motor Vehicle Accident on the 5 June at Modderfontein. Admitted to the Johannesburg General Hospital with head and leg injuries. He died a few days later. He was on a sports pass at the time.
1992
34337Warrant Officer Daan Sias Petrus Coetzee, 0046556-9, Poortjie Police Station, aged 44. Shot in an ambush on the Vereeniging Road.
1992
41759Rifleman Mark William Hain, 8 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 19. Died in Shooting Incident, at Tokoza.

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