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ON THIS DAY

16 August

120

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Person # Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Date of Death
156 Adams Klaas Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces 1946-08-16
821 Baard Henry Private 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces 1943-08-16
48330 Badenhorst Christoffel Petrus Stephanus Burgher Boer Forces 1902-08-16
937 Baker Arnold Rennie Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 1917-08-16
943 Baker Eric Victor Trooper South African Horse 1916-08-16
976 Baldachin Sydney Douglas Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1941-08-16
983 Ball Arthur Shirley Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 1917-08-16
29361 Barrow Robert Private South African Infantry 1926-08-16
43411 Berry Deon Warrant Officer Class II South African Infantry Corps 1992-08-16
2068 Boocock Hiram Emanuel Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 1917-08-16
47814 Brasche Conrad Burgher Boer Forces 1901-08-16
2558 Bressick William Rudolph Driver South African Service Corps 1917-08-16
47186 Breytenbach Jacob Coenrad Burgher Boer Forces 1901-08-16
3403 Carnegie Theodore Arthur Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 1917-08-16
42977 Cele Constable South African Police Service 2014-08-16
34338 Coetzee Gerhardus J R Detective Constable South African Police 1937-08-16
4312 Comaroff Harry Private British South African Police 1917-08-16
4334 Compton Denis James Williams Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-16
4740 Crotz Willie Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces 1945-08-16
46896 De Beer Jan Frederik Edward Burgher Boer Forces 1900-08-16
5291 De Jonge Frans Johannes Warrant Officer Class II South African Air Force 1944-08-16
5299 De Klerk Barend Jacobus Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-08-16
5514 Delgada Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces 1941-08-16
6643 Engelbrecht Adriaan Stephanus Gunner South African Artillery 1946-08-16
30254 Erasmus Andre Hercoll Lance Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1986-08-16
6919 Faro Abraham Lance Corporal Cape Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-08-16
7623 Frazer Douglas Villiers Captain Royal Field Artillery 1917-08-16
8110 Gibson Donald McGregor Private Pretoria Highlanders, S.A. Forces 1940-08-16
34781 Godana Pieter Edward Special Constable South African Police 1992-08-16
8596 Gray Alan Theodore Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service 1917-08-16
8657 Green Bernard Corporal South African Rifles 1918-08-16
8822 Grobler Jacobus Paulus Private 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces 1944-08-16
34852 Guleni Jan Antonie Constable South African Police Service 2004-08-16
30635 Harrison Robert Michael Hunter Naqeeb (Capt) Northern Frontier Regt. 1982-08-16
30643 Hattingh Andre Anton Major South African Air Force 2003-08-16
34919 Hefer Emmanuel Josef Police Officer South African Police 1952-08-16
30671 Hein Mark William Rifleman South African Infantry Corps 1991-08-16
9729 Henry Banda Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1943-08-16
10030 Hockly Albert Chalmers Lieutenant South African Service Corps 1916-08-16
34971 Hoeseb Sipakanyiswa Constable South African Police 1969-08-16
38498 Hooper Neil Roland Patrol Officer British South Africa Police 1969-08-16
30752 Hosho Zandisile Jackson Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 1999-08-16
10363 Howarth Wallace Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 1917-08-16
10406 Howse Harold Edward Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment 1917-08-16
10553 Hunter Frank John Greaser Merchant Navy 1940-08-16
30800 Jacob Christiaan Rifleman South West African Territory Force 1981-08-16
11604 Joubert Pierre Simond Lieutenant Colonel South African Air Force 1945-08-16
35184 Khoza Paul Inspector South African Police 1996-08-16
12820 Laing Alexander Lance Corporal South African Sharpshooters 1916-08-16
12878 Lamont Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-08-16

Deaths on 16 August by Year