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ON THIS DAY

18 September

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 18 September

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
48516Burgher Leendert Hendrik Welthagen, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 31. Died of peritonitis while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.
1900
43841Burgher Wessels, Pretoria Commando (Boer Forces), aged 36. Killed in action, Pretoria.
1901
45040Burgher David Hendrik Roux, Bechuanaland Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Leliefontein, Vryburg.
1901
45035Burgher Hendrik Lodewikus Roux, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Leliefontein, Vryburg.
1916
2649Private Rudolph Christian Britz, 11189, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of dysentery.
1916
6989Private Charles H Felix, 781, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of appendicitis, at Korogwe.
1916
7277Private William Flitcroft, 4211, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Died of enteric fever.
1916
9415Second Lieutenant Algernon Hasler, 2nd Bn. (Grenadier Guards). Died of wounds.
1916
19195Private Dominic Joseph O'Brien, 6510, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of malaria and dysentery.
1916
23519Driver Henry Smith, 7556, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of debility, at Taveta.
1917
1360Private Albert Rex Beacham, 7693, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in action.
1917
2578Private Harold Arthur Brickhill, 10658, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in action.
1917
3599Sergeant Arthur John Chandler, 12208, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces. Died of malaria, at Nairobi.
1917
3899Private George Clark, 13583, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1917
4441Private Albert Gordon Cooper, 7135, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1917
4807Private John Walter Cunningham, 5474, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1917
5130Paymaster Albert Robert Wilberforce Davis, H.M.S. "Stonecrop." (Royal Naval Reserve), aged 33. Killed in action, with submarine in Atlantic.
1917
5205Private Harry James Day, 1896, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Killed in action.
1917
6966Private Frederick Fay, 819, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.
1917
8238Lance Corporal Daniel Arthur Glasgow, 8351, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action.
1917
9183Major Robert Cecil Hardingham, 2nd Bn. (Middlesex Regiment). Died of wounds, at Battle of Narunyu. The 1st/2nd KAR ammunition stocks were very low, "C" Company being down to 5 rounds per man. A convoy from 3rd/2nd KAR under Major R. C. Hardingham, MC and Bar, (Middlesex Regiment), with two other officers, attempted to get through with ammunition and supplies. The machine gun and company porters of 3rd/2nd KAR were used to carry the loads with two platoons of No 2 Company provided for escort. The convoy was badly ambushed near the perimeter after German Askari had misled it by calling out that they were KAR. Robert Cecil Hardingham was mortally wounded, Lieutenant Charles Henry Bernard Going (2nd Rhodesia Regiment) was killed and Lieutenant C. E. Lane (King's African Rifles) was wounded. The escort NCOs rallied their men and fought back but most of the porters had by then returned to the 3rd/2nd KAR camp with their loads; 13 loads that had been discarded were found in the bush during the following day.
1917
10279Private James Peter Horne, 12758, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1917
12105Private Richard John Keulder, 8762, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.
1917
13236Private Henry Sydney Lees-Smith, 13402, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1917
15277Private John Martin, 12804, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Killed in action.
1917
15583Private Lacchens Matshelisho, 1675, 4th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at sea.
1917
17593Cape Boy Moses Moshe, 3502, Sanitary Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of scurvy, at Summit East Africa.
1917
21416Private Clifford Joseph Richards, 7268, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action, east of Frezenburg Ridge, Ypres.
1917
21422Private Henry Pringle Richards, 13837, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action.
1917
23670Private Ernest Albert Snashall, 5623, 5th Field Amb. (Australian Army Medical Corps). Killed in action, at Hell Fire Corner Ypres.
1917
23885Private Oliver Edward Spiller, 11805, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Killed in action.
1917
24242Private Percy Wilfred Stirton, 14209, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds.
1917
25375Private Tonana, 1832, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died on active service.
1917
26163Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26249Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26250Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26251Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26252Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26253Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26255Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26256Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26257Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26258Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26259Second Lieutenant Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Infantry. Died on active service.
1917
26260Second Lieutenant Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Infantry. Died on active service.
1917
26261Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26262Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26263Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26264Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26265Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.
1917
26266Second Lieutenant Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Infantry. Died on active service.
1917
26798Private Henry Thomas Van Eyssen, 10003, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1917
28404Second Lieutenant David Arthur Williams, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.
1918
205Gunner Reginald Stapleton Adkins, 2014, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 28. Died of pneumonia.
1918
8045Second Lieutenant Harold James Gerhardi, 47th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 27. Burnt to death while flying (in action).
1918
40920Captain Shales Frederick Lane, 114822, 9th Bn. (Norfolk Regiment), aged 28. Killed in action.
1918
14368Rifleman Alexander MacRae, R/29956, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 42. Died on active service.
1918
16124Second Lieutenant Athole Stewart McLaren, 7th Bn. (London Regiment). Killed in action.
1918
23164Lance Corporal Cecil H Simpson, R/17548, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 20. Died on active service.
1918
27420Lance Corporal Stephan Visagie, 139, 1st (Cape Corps). Killed in action, at Square Hill, Palestine.
1918
27645Sapper Robert Edward Wallis, D/701, South African Pioneers, aged 44. Died of blackwater fever.
1918
27665Lieutenant Albert Arthur Walsha, 9th Bn. (Norfolk Regiment), aged 30. Killed in action, by machine gun fire, at Holnon Wood.
1919
41420Native Constable Henry Ezrom, 754, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 43. Died of heart disease.
1922
33155Lieutenant Edward Armstrong Stuart, 74287186BG, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died in Aircraft Accident, when the starboard wing broke off the aircraft (Avro 504K #H9699) in which he was a passenger, and crashed near Irene. He was killed together with the pilot Capt A van der Byl.
1922
33414Captain Albert Lawrence Montagu Van Der Byl, 79254371BG, 101 Field Workshop (South African Air Force), aged 29. Died in Aircraft Accident, Avro 504K #H9699, when the starboard wing broke off his aircraft and crashed near Irene. He was killed together with his passenger Lt. E. A. Stuart.
1941
1103Private James Barkley, 120216, South African Medical Corps, aged 45. Died on active service.
1941
6977Pupil Pilot Edward John Standard Feek, 104030, 23 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 26. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed Rietvlei Dam, in Hawker Hind #192.
1941
7199Air Mechanic Fitchett, 209121, South African Air Force, aged 16. Died on active service.
1941
23374Bombardier Barend Smit, P/5717, South African Artillery, aged 23. Died on active service.
1941
27178Private Willem Neethling Van Zyl, 1304, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 57. Died on active service.
1942
11083Private Sakaputu Japan, NRA/12989, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.
1942
15550Private Frans Matloa, N/27062, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of tuberculosis.
1942
18177Private Johannes Mutuadini, N/9795, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of haemorrhage, whilst a POW.
1942
24899Private George Teghman, C/165922, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.
1943
2802Oiler Kenneth Rogers Brown, M.V. Bramora (Norway) (Merchant Navy), aged 30. The Norwegian tanker Bramora SS left Bandar Abbas on September 6th, 1943, for Melbourne, loaded with oil. She straggled from convoy and was believed to have been torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-10 and sunk with all hands on September 19th.
1943
3668Lieutenant Cheesman, 205751V, 7 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JG881, shot down by Bf109s over Kos.
1943
9278Sergeant Henry Philip George Harris, 1506081, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 21. Died in Aircraft Accident, Wellington HX367, training flight, crashed on high ground near Reading.
1943
11178Private Edward William Jesshop, 1686, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 59. Died on active service.
1943
12098Gunner Donald Keith Keth, 114497, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 25. Died on active service.
1943
15563Private Mbindo Matongo, NR/16658, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.
1943
25636Lieutenant Turner, 205842, 7 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, shot down by Bf109s over Kos, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JK140.
1943
27536Private Christiaan Johannes Wagenaar, 703530, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 56. Died on active service.
1944
4719Private Arthur Herbert Croshaw, 20371V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 26. Died of wounds, received in a mortar bombardment during the attack on Bagno, Italy.
1944
7508Sergeant Gilbert Benjamin Foxcroft, 112236V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Died of cerebral thrombosis and malaria.
1944
7950Private Michael M Gcabasha, N/5398, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1944
8984Air Mechanic Hugo Hahn, 577321V, South African Air Force, aged 19. Died of peritonitis.
1944
10162Sapper John Robert Morgan Holmes, 125867V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 34. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Bottogone/Barba/Olmi, Italy.
1944
10630Private Alexander Robert Hyde, 116619V, "A" Coy. (Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces), aged 43. Killed in action, during the opening phase of the attack on Monte Bagno, which kicked off at 1830. "A" Coy attacked positions with the support of tanks but heavy mortar and Spandau fire resulted in casualties.
1944
12841Private Mungule Laki, NRA/11017, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.
1944
13319Private Aaron Len, 79991V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, by enemy artillery barrage when "B" Coy was forming up to relieve "A" Coy in the vicinity of Monte Bagno at about 1545 on 18 September 1944.
1944
16517Captain Reuben Meyerowitz, 311934, South African Medical Corps, aged 26. Died on active service.
1944
18457Private Sigodo Ndunakazi, N/43200, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of dysentery.
1944
18496Lance Corporal Barend Gerhardus Nel, 173736V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, by enemy artillery barrage when "B" Coy was forming up to relieve "A" Coy in the vicinity of Monte Bagno at about 1545 on 18 September 1944.
1944
18722Second Lieutenant Phillip John Nice, 324415, Royal Engineers, aged 25. Killed in action, in Burma.
1944
21965Lieutenant Rodney Joseph Rowe, 328705V, 185 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, hit by flak, while strafing.
1944
21982Lieutenant Gordon Allan Roy, 542672V, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, burst into flames in bombing dive, crashed 10 miles NE of Florence, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #MA529.
1944
26561Private Christiaan Phillipus Van Der Berg, 589951V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 18. Killed in action, by mortar fire, during efforts to capture the Monte Bagno position.
1945
10455Sergeant George Lloyd Hughes, 6228V, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 40. Died on active service.
1946
13723Private Stephen Lobakeng, N/4632, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died on active service.
1947
8857Private Fred Grotesque, C/166823, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

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