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ON THIS DAY

19 October

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 19 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899
44330Burgher Christoffel Jacobus Van Niekerk, Jacobsdal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 56. Killed in action, Alexanderfontein.
1900
45802Burgher Andries Jacobus Lessing, Boer Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, Olifantsrivier.
1900
45074Burgher Sarel Christiaan Roode, Lichtenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Vaalkop Marico.
1915
41082Labourer Alfred MacK Sopaga, 28920, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 30. Died of scurvy.
1916
265Dresser John Aitken, 804, South African Veterinary Corps. Died of cerebral haemorrhage.
1916
1714Private Charles Tom Ernest Betts, 1773, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Killed in action, at Butte de Warlencourt.
1916
2739Lieutenant Arthur Henry Brown, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed in action. On the 18th October 1916, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench.
1916
3945Private Robert Denis Clarke, 3511, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.
1916
6268Private Jack Dunbar, 2278, 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. During the night of the 18-19th October, a company of the 3rd S.A.I. moved forward to the front line in Pearse's Trench.
1916
6525Private James Weir Elder, 7654, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
7025Private Lennard William Fereman, 988, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds, in operations in front the Butte de Warlencourt.
1916
7028Private Cedric Matthew Ferguson, 8416, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Missing in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
7223Private Percy James Fitzsimons, 5347, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
8445Private Albert Thomas Goring, 5435, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
8757Private Barend Johannes Pretorius Greyling, 6951, 5th (South African Horse). Died of malaria.
1916
8852Private Spensley Boyd Groom, 4836, 8th (South African Horse), aged 26. Died of dysentery.
1916
9341Lance Corporal James Lewis Hart, 6749, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Missing in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
13635Private Thomas Henley Lindsay, 7386, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
14307Private William John MacKenzie, 5392, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of disease, whilst a POW.
1916
14824Labourer Kgojoane Malomo, 12407, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Korogwe.
1916
16795Private Walter Mitchell, 2294, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Missing in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
19527Private Garnet Ewart Overton, 91, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. 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
19664Private Sidney Easthope Parker, 7541, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Missing in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
19902Private Cecil Charles Peel, 5361, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
19910Private William Duncan Peffers, 6818, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Missing in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
20073Private Peter Petersen, 510, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of malaria, at Mbuyuni.
1916
25182Lance Corporal Robert Campbell Thomson, 5448, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds.
1916
28257Private William Thomas Whittaker, 5470, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1916
28809Major Harry Woodhead, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Missing in action, at Butte de Warlencourt.
1916
29009Lieutenant Alexander Young, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Killed in action, during attack on Snag Trench.
1917
7580Mule Driver Jan Frans, 17049, South African Native Labour Bureau. Durban.
1917
9861Private Harold Andrew Higgins, 1319, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 36. Died of enteric fever, at Morogoro.
1917
10698Second Lieutenant Arthur George Ireland, 5th (Reserve Cavalry Regiment), aged 32. Died of wounds.
1917
20680Lieutenant Harold Edward Prew, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in air raid, by a bomb in London.
1917
25157Private Arthur John Thomson, 5420, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Died of wounds.
1917
25589Labourer Edgar Tsufu, 18450, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Mataleshoek or Mohalies Hoek, South Africa.
1917
27391Sergeant Francis John Vine, 200130, 2nd/4th Bn. (Gordon Highlanders), aged 22. Died of wounds.
1917
27886Second Lieutenant James Campbell Watters, 71st Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 27. Died of wounds.
1918
1639Mechanician Hubert Thomas Sidney Bern, MT/2566, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 29. Died of influenza, at Knysna.
1918
2289Private Theunis Phillipus Botha, 22335, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
2631Private Cecil Brits, 16789, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
34328Constable Izak Johannes Cloete, 1278(M), 10 Dist (Beaufort West) CW Div (South African Police), aged 28. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
4126Corporal Diederik Johannes Coetzee, 20139, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of double pneumonia.
1918
4252Lieutenant Arthur Benjamin Collett, 2372/SA, H.M.P.M.S. "Plumpton" (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), aged 25. Killed by mine explosion, off Ostend.
1918
4361Private Walter Connor, 14558, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.
1918
4564Private Lawrence John William Covell, RR/1878, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds.
1918
34418Constable Ockert Petrus Jacobus Olivier De Jager, 5467(M), 40 Dist (Krugersdorp) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
5318Private Nicholas Willem De Klerk, 22595, 1st Bde. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
5320Rifleman William Abraham De Klerk, 2055, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 31. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
5937Private John Douglas, 11680, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Killed in action.
1918
5958Captain John Dowling, South African Medical Corps. Died of influenza.
1918
6036Private Jacobus Henry Drury, 22444, 1st Bde. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of influenza.
1918
7042Lieutenant Kenneth Ferguson, Northern Rhodesia Police, aged 37. Died of influenza.
1918
7307Private William Fonton, 1867, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
7865Private Ernest Henry Gardener, X/727, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Died of wounds.
1918
34762Constable Daniel Andries Gerber, 5643(F), 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div (South African Police), aged 27. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
34769Constable Willem Jacobus Giesing, 5370(M), 42 Dist (Christiana) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 23. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
8176Private Charles William Gill, 17830, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
8302Native Constable Gogo, 5513, British South African Police. Died on active service.
1918
8498Sergeant Fredrick Hector Govier, 609, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 34. Died of influenza.
1918
9998Native Constable Jonga Hlwazi, 354, 4th Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 33. Died of pneumonia following influenza. He was admitted to the S.A.M.C. Training Depot which was being used as a hospital during the flu epidemic.
1918
10468Private Louis Bisset Hugo, 15925, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds, received at Le Cateau.
1918
41490Labourer Frans Jacob, NLV2345, 3rd Bn. (Military Labour Corps), aged 28. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
12485Rifleman Hendrik Johannes Kock, 2133, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 29. Died of pneumonia, at Upington.
1918
14215Captain Jospeh MacRae MacDonald, 9th Field Ambulance (South African Mounted Brigade), aged 36. Died of sickness.
1918
14448Native Driver John Mafeking, 3244, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Died of pneumonia following influenza.
1918
41304Native Constable Jan Maquena, 2263, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 40. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
15637Private Piet Matthie, 4972, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
16008Second Lieutenant Ross McGregor, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds, received at Le Cateau.
1918
16228Private Robert Watt McNaughton, 16746, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Died of wounds.
1918
16511Private Thomas Ignatius Meyer, 19281, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of influenza.
1918
36419Constable Robert Moore, 730(F), 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 47. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
19453Private Richard Gilbert Ormsby, 2083, 1st King Edward's Horse, aged 29. Died of wounds.
1918
19769Sergeant Robert Edward Patten, 152, British South African Police, aged 43. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
19983Second Lieutenant Charles Henry Perrem, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of wounds.
1918
41492Native Elias Pheot, 1007, "D" Coy. (South African Medical Corps), aged 30. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
21536Private William Johannes Louis Ritters, 17687, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds.
1918
21825Private Harold Percival Rose, 111, General Depot (Wynberg). (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces), aged 16. Died of influenza.
1918
40877Constable George Sydney Sadler, 84918168SWH, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 30. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
22222Private William Eric Sanders, 18379, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
22237Staff Sergeant George Ernest Sandy, P/441, South African Pay Corps, aged 44. Died of influenza.
1918
22363Private Jurgens Johannes Scheepers, 577, South African Medical Corps, aged 35. Died of pneumonia.
1918
22392Private Alfred Ernest Schmidt, 21752, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
37436Constable Johannes Gerhardus Schonken, 2283(F), 30 Dist (Kroonstad) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 33. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
41361Native Constable Nkuma Segetwayo, 795, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died on active service.
1918
22879Corporal Harry Shaw, MT/390, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia and influenza.
1918
23376Private Christian Johannes Smit, CR/640, Roberts Heights Depot Coy. (Camp Commandants Staff, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died of pneumonia.
1918
23497Lance Corporal Frederick George Smith, 18403, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
41400Native Constable John Smith, 74, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 38. Died of Spanish Influenza, at Bolotwa.
1918
23637Gunner William Ernest Smith, A/2488, Cape Garrison Artillery. Died of pneumonia.
1918
24012Private Gordon Ellis Starkey, 19630, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of spinal meningitis, at Potchefstroom.
1918
24201Rifleman Daniel Matthews Steyn, 5965, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 35. Died of influenza.
1918
25724Sergeant Umsapakesa, 31, British South African Police. Died on active service.
1918
41103Rifleman Joseph William Seymour Van Aswegen, 2941, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
37955Constable Pieter Schalk Van Der Linden, 3454(F), 36 Dist (Wakkerstroom) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 29. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
26763Rifleman Johannes Van Deventer, 2884, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 25. Died of influenza.
1918
26791Private David George William Van Eeden, 2658, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died at Aus.
1918
28028Acting Bombardier Frederick Johannes Welgemoed, 5664, 4th Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 25. Died of influenza.
1919
41430Native Constable Gideon Obose, 384, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 43. Died on active service.
1919
20367Private Hendrik Louis Pitout, 11177, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of meningitis.

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