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ON THIS DAY

18 November

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 18 November

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899
46058Burgher Francois Jacobus Joubert, Reddersburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Alexanderfontein, Kimberley.
1900
47895Burgher Nicolaas Johannes Bekker Bekker, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1900
47898Burgher Ferrar Reginald Mostyn Cleaver, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 29. Died of typhoid and meningitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1900
45581Burgher Johannes Christoffel Muller, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Mullersrust.
1900
44056Burgher W Van Zyl, Kroonstad (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Kroonstad Hosp.
1901
48229Burgher Jan Lodewikus W) Naude, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 31. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1902
47984Burgher Pieter Andries Swanepoel, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 60. Died of dysentery while a prisoner of war, India, Shahjahanpur.
1914
569Private John Alexander Antel, 548, "E" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse), aged 26. Killed in action, at "Kheis Drift".
1914
1028Private William James Bands, 550, "E" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse). Killed in action, at "Kheis Drift".
1914
3467Lieutenant Carter, 9th Mounted Rifles (Hogeveld Ruiters). Killed in action.
1914
4723Lance Sergeant Frederick Robert Cross, 7734, 2nd Bn. (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), aged 33. Killed in action.
1914
4922Corporal Gregory Victor Daly, 203, "B" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse), aged 34. Killed in action, at "Kheis Drift".
1914
7289Private Edward Desmond Flynn, 210, "B" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse). Died of wounds, received at "Kheis Drift".
1914
8758Burgher Greyling, Ermelo Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Died of pneumonia.
1914
9227Rifleman Harmse, South African Mounted Rifles. Killed in action.
1914
11524Private Jordaan, South African Mounted Rifles. Killed in action.
1914
12401Captain Johan Rynold Gerhardus Klerck, Col. Fouche's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 33. Shot in street, at Ventersburg.
1914
13325Private Frederick George Lennox, 94, "A" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse). Died of wounds, received at "Kheis Drift".
1914
18785Captain Niehaus, 9th Mounted Rifles (Hogeveld Ruiters). Killed in action.
1914
23845Private Speight, 401, "D" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse). Killed in action, at "Kheis Drift".
1914
24043Burgher Steenkamp, South African Mounted Rifles. Killed in action.
1914
26577Burgher Willem Francois Rudolf Van Der Gryp, Lindley Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, at Doornberg.
1914
26808Burgher Gert Jacobus Albertus Van Greuning, South African Mounted Rifles, aged 32. Killed in action.
1914
28062Private Ernest Victor Wentworth, 538, "E" Sqdn. (Natal Light Horse), aged 27. Killed in action, at "Kheis Drift".
1915
15260Private Edward Martin, 284, 3rd (Scottish Horse), aged 25. Killed in action.
1916
689Private William Charles Arnott, 6153, 9th (South African Horse). Died of enteric fever.
1916
6524Private Andrew Elder, 11479, 9th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of malaria.
1916
11692Ox Driver January Kabi, 811, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Kilossa.
1916
13799Second Lieutenant Stanhope Francis London, 8th Bn. (North Staffordshire Regiment), aged 37. Killed in action.
1916
16276Labourer Alfred Mdelelane Or Mdhleleni, 14376, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.
1916
21981Private Alexander Roy, 33368, 17th Bn. (Highland Light Infantry). Died on active service.
1916
24797Lance Corporal Alister James Gordon Tayler, 41005, 16th Bn. (Highland Light Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action.
1916
28212Driver Koos White, 12788, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of bronchitis, at Voi.
1916
28964Pack Leader John Xolo, 3441, Sanitary Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of bronchitis, at Kilossa.
1917
1331Private Charles Philip Baxter, 14713, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 60. Died of sickness.
1917
6797Private Charles Leonard Evans, 266359, 2nd Bn. (Devonshire Regiment), aged 19. Died on active service.
1917
9054Private Amos Haluba, 14174, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of pneumonia, en route U.K. to South Africa, on H.M.H.S."Guildford Castle". The ship docked in Jamaica on the 16th November and he died two days later. He was buried in Port Royal.
1917
9575Private Walter Charles Heath, A/333, British South African Police, aged 34. Died on active service.
1917
11850Private Jan Katypa, 10275, 18th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.
1917
23037Donkey Driver Elias Sibishe, 12064, South African Native Labour Bureau. Dodoma.
1918
34602Constable Herbert Robson Eales, 7166(F), 24 Dist (Kimberley) Kimb Div (South African Police), aged 21. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
6540Second Lieutenant Alfred Newsam Ella, 180th Heavy Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 24. Died of pneumonia.
1918
7756Staff Sergeant David Munroe Fulton, P/143, South African Army Pay Department, aged 35. Died of influenza.
1918
41310Native Constable Samuel Matatinyana, 371, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
37251Constable Frederik Ernest Rabe, 4017(M), 8 Dist (Malmesbury) CW Div (South African Police), aged 31. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
22500Major Reginald Oscar Schwarz, 6th Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 43. Died of influenza.
1918
23716Sapper George Soffe, D/744, South African Pioneers. Died of hepatitis.
1918
26574Driver Antonie Johannes Van Der Burg, HT/1313, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport, aged 25. Died of tuberculosis.
1931
34108Constable Mattheus Johannes Blignaut, 5117, Cleveland (South African Police), aged 42. Stabbed to death by blacks.
1940
27177Lance Corporal Willem Hendrik Van Zyl, 111729, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 48. Died of coronary thrombosis.
1941
1433Lieutenant Dennis Montague Beddy, 47912, 21 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, 4 crew, shot down by Bf109s near El Adem, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH396.
1941
4349Air Sergeant Arthur William Conn, 102282, 21 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in action, 4 crew, shot down by Bf109s near El Adem, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH396.
1941
11641Private Phillip Henry Julie, C/166241, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1941
19631Air Sergeant Christiaan Frederick Beyers Papenfus, 48080, 21 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, 4 crew, shot down by Bf109s near El Adem, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH396.
1941
21281Lieutenant Reid, 47498, 21 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, 4 crew, shot down by Bf109s near El Adem, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH396.
1941
29168Sapper Zwart, 189754, South African Engineer Corps. Died on active service.
1942
810Warrant Officer Class II Leslie Royston Ayles, 604, 6 Armoured Car Regiment (South African Armoured Corps), aged 28. Died of lung abscess following operation for perforated duodenal ulcer.
1942
5128Private Adam C Davis, C/321730, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.
1942
8489Private Stanley Gouws, C/274364, 38 Railway Construction Coy. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 27. Died of intestinal obstruction.
1942
26781Sergeant Peter Jacob Van Dyk, 196840, South African Police, aged 31. Died whilst a POW.
1942
27378Private Charles Soobiah Vincent, M/11780, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1943
1209Private James Walter Barrow, 1242, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 54. Died after discharge.
1943
1555Private John Benecke, M/18402, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1943
1715Able Seaman Robert William Betts, 68900, H.M.S. Afrikander (South African Naval Forces), aged 19. Died of miliary tuberculosis and tuberculosis of throat.
1943
9641Private Leslie Magnus Henderson, C/303882, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1943
13288Private Lenga Frans Lekalakala, N/23238, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of alcoholic toxicosis.
1943
19263Rifleman Louis Johannes Nel Oelofse, 6857918, King's Royal Rifle Corps, aged 26. Died on active service.
1944
381Private Sydney Henry Allen, 545071V, South African Medical Corps, aged 23. Died of carcinoma of ascending colon, acute intestinal obstruction.
1944
1524Sergeant Edward Ennis James Bellairs, 3171, British South African Police, aged 37. Died on active service.
1944
1725Air Mechanic Mattheus Gerhardus Beukes, 577728, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, low flying and hit fence crashed east of Standerton, in AT-6 Harvard #7411.
1944
5947Private Abraham Hendrick Dourie, C/275872, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, at Wynberg Military Hospital.
1944
9485Lance Corporal James Hawkins, 2194V, South African Army Postal Corps, aged 36. Died on active service.
1944
9730Lieutenant John Sivert Henshilwood, 328377V, South African Air Force, aged 22. Killed in aircraft accident, low flying and hit fence crashed east of Standerton, in AT-6 Harvard #7411.
1944
19049Private Isaac Nthuesang, N/72311, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of Hodgkin's Disease.
1944
27730Private Frank Wardle, C/303039, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died on active service.
1944
27974Lieutenant Jakobus Hercules Weeber, 280286V, 112 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, shot down at Sisak, Yugoslavia after an attack on a bridge.
1945
13363Private Douglas Benjamin Lesar, 596587V, Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 17. Died in explosion, at the Barracks of the Youth Training Brigade at Roberts Heights. 3 members were using a bayonet and a screwdriver in an attempt to dismantle a 2 inch mortar shell that they found in rubble from the explosion of the Grand Magazine, which was being used for earth works at Roberts Heights.
1945
20283Private Hermanus Johannes Pieterse, 596347V, Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 17. Died in explosion, at the Barracks of the Youth Training Brigade at Roberts Heights. 3 members were using a bayonet and a screwdriver in an attempt to dismantle a 2 inch mortar shell that they found in rubble from the explosion of the Grand Magazine, which was being used for earth works at Roberts Heights.
1945
25205Sapper Neville George Thornhill, 177212V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 21. Died on active service.
1945
27989Air Sergeant Robert Weil, 98843, South African Air Force, aged 32. Died of acute leukemia.
1947
2621Sergeant James Henry Briscoe, 53061V, 1st Light Tanks. (South African Armoured Corps), aged 31. Died after discharge.
1947
6804Air Corporal Jack Isaac Evans, 578458V, South African Air Force, aged 40. Died of congestive cardiac failure.
1954
33147Trooper Charles T Glass, 16592, 7 South African Infantry Battalion (Special Service Battalion), aged 26. Died on active service.
1962
33903Corporal Johannes George Wolmarans, P22770, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (1 Parachute Battalion), aged 19. Died of heart failure as a result of myocarditis.
1965
41642Corporal Pieter Johannes Swanepoel, 05210935E, TS Training Centre (South African Army), aged 26. Committed suicide, bullet wound to the head, in his home, at Pretoria.
1967
36938Constable Leonard Nombola, 144371, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police), aged 24. Died from a gunshot wound.
1968
29776Colonel Pieter Frederick Cloete, 01215250, 19 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 39. Cause of death unknown.
1968
38659Sergeant James Conway, 722997, "C" (Rhodesia) Sqn. (Special Air Service), aged 23. Died in Vehicle Accident.
1971
32002Second Lieutenant Douglas Angus Morrison, 67398719N, Rand Light Infantry (South African Corps of Engineers), aged 20. Died in Freak Accident, electrical shock, at Kroonstad.
1972
41216Private Terence Joseph Rubenstein, R93246T, Uniform (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 18. Died in Bulawayo, on active service.
1973
34507Constable Tomas Dlamini, S150312T, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 49. Hit by a motor vehicle at a road block.
1976
39320Rifleman Albertus Johannes Ferreira, PR106691, 5 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 19. Killed in action, in a contact, gun shot wound to head in a contact near Silver Streams, Op Thrasher.
1977
40924Trooper Andre Cecil Miller, 200843, RHQ Charlie, Op Repulse (Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment), aged 43. Died on active service.
1978
39641Rifleman Nabot Magede, 661566, 8th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 19. Killed in action, in a contact.
1978
37677Theunis Christoffel Snyman, W50734E, Fauresmith (South African Police), aged 22. Died on active service.
1979
40676Field Reservist Piet Van Breda De Wet, 651450, 8th Battalion (British South Africa Police), aged 19. Died of wounds, received in an ambush.
1979
38564Sergeant Chinatidzo Jesphet Madafi, 27307, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 34. Died of leukaemia, at Mpilo Hospital, Bulawayo, on active service.
1979
39739Senior District Security Assistant Joseph Marumazondo, 77387944BT, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 22. Died on active service.
1982
36880Sergeant Jan Jacobus Lukas Niemann, W71714E, 59 Dist (Pietersburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 23. Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in Ovamboland.
1984
29979Leading Seaman Sydney Harry De Jongh, 79689865PC, South African Marines (South African Navy), aged 28. Died in Freak Accident, in Eastern Caprivi, drowned.

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