We remember those who died in service on this day:
1901
46432Burgher Petrus Jacobus (Piet) Fourie, Boer Forces (Scheepers (Rebel) Commando), aged 40.Killed in action, Graaff Reinet.
1901
48258Burgher Petrus Andreas Jacobus Kotze, Boer Forces (Prisoner of War), aged 37.Died of peritonitis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1901
43690Burgher Pfeiffer, Boer Forces (Scheepers Commando).Killed in action, Graaff Reinet.
1901
44245Burgher Jan B L Van Rensburg, Boer Forces (Scheepers Commando), aged 22.Killed in action, Graaff Reinet.
1901
44118Burgher Reinier J. Van Vuuren, Boer Forces (Gen Beyers Nylstroom Commando), aged 28.Killed in action, Leeuwpoort.
1902
45086Burgher Frans Rodner, Boer Forces (Philippolis Commando), aged 23.Killed in action, Kafferfontein, Philipppolis.
1916
2726Corporal Samuel Perrott Brotherton, 2635, 2nd (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 35.Died of blackwater fever, at Turiani.
1916
4783Private Lewis Oswald Cuff, 12510, 3rd Brigade (South African Infantry Corps (Corps)), aged 23.Missing in action, between Lolkissa and Ufiome.
1916
9883Captain Charles Percy Hill, 4th Bn. (North Staffordshire Regiment), aged 40.Killed in action.
1916
16693Private Alfred Mills, 1766, 4th Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps (Corps)).Died of dysentery.
1916
17573Driver Alfred Mosene, 445, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of natural causes, at Kwedibombo, E.A.
1916
23214Labourer Phineas Sinelo, 2269, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of malaria, at Kilossa.
1917
207Sergeant George Adlard, 107971, 281st Army Troops Coy. (Royal Engineers).Died of wounds.
1917
3701Private Chibwana, M/488, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Killed in action, near Mpepo.
1917
12282Sergeant Richard Samuel Kingwell, 1888, "A" Coy. (4th South African Infantry), aged 32.Killed in action, at Gouzeaucourt.
1917
12474Private Kobiri, M/369, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Killed in action, near Mpepo.
1917
14355Second Lieutenant Thomas Muir MacMillan, 4th South African Infantry, aged 22.Killed in action.
1917
28042Sergeant Percy G Wells, 4484, "B" Coy. (7th South African Infantry), aged 26.Died of blackwater fever.
1917
28282Driver Clifford John Wickee, MT/2925, M.t. (South African Service Corps (Corps)), aged 20.Died of blackwater fever.
1917
28486Lieutenant John Howard Williams, Rhodesia Native Regiment, aged 25.Died of wounds, received at Mpepo.
1917
28800Corporal William Henry Woodborne, 2075, 4th South African Infantry, aged 49.Died on active service.
1918
3320Lieutenant Norman Cecil Sanderson Campbell, No. 12 Group (58th Training Squadron) (Royal Air Force), aged 26.Died in Aircraft Accident, D.H.6 B2787, 58 TDS, Cranwell, Midair collision with Avro 504K E2929, Cranwell.
1918
6146Private Jacobus Lodewyk Du Preez, 11485, 2nd South African Infantry, aged 30.Killed in action.
1918
7248Private Armour Fleming, NL/261, South African Pioneers.Died of tuberculosis.
1918
8243Lieutenant Edward Southey Glasse, 48th Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 28.Killed in action.
1918
9532Private John Henry Haynes, 16625, 1st South African Infantry, aged 23.Killed in action.
1918
19143Private Basket Nyembane, 24632, 35th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)).Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
19941Private John Adam Pennikett, 7124, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 19.Died of phthisis.
1918
20426Second Lieutenant Philip Whitley Place, Northumberland Fusiliers, aged 22.Killed in action.
1919
1625Shoeing Smith Cornelius Stephanus Jacobus Bergh, 4714, 3rd Regiment (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 32.Died of heart failure.
1919
40991Corporal John Murray Matheson, 5790, 4 Group (4th South African Infantry), aged 31.Died of phthisis and cardiac failure.
1919
41438Constable Moodley, 3rd Regiment (South African Mounted Rifles).Died on active service.
1940
20468Private Charles Sim Pollock, 38411, 2nd (Pretoria Regiment), aged 39.Died of lobar pneumonia, at the Roberts Heights Military Hospital.
1940
22845Corporal Gordon Shapiro, 27864, 1st (Witwatersrand Rifles), aged 21.Died of cerebo spinal meningitis, at S.A. Military Hospital, Premier Mine.
1940
23561Private James Raymond Smith, 26664, 1st (Imperial Light Horse), aged 20.Died of double pneumonia.
1942
4214Sergeant Norman William Jacobus Coldrey, 778619, 616 Squadron (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 26.Killed in action, Spitfire VI AB529, escort duty over Dieppe.
1942
5196Flight Lieutenant Roland Herbert Leslie Dawson, 80084, 266 Squadron (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 26.Killed in action, at Dieppe.
1942
7160Lance Corporal Maxwell Lyle Davidson Finnie, 141513, 4 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps (Corps)).Died on active service.
1942
11103Private Kalikela Jasman, NRC/54, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment).Died on active service.
1942
15718Gunner Jothan Mayisa, N/3504, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of injuries, received in fight.
1942
17995Air Mechanic Dennis Mulligan, 142259, South African Air Force (Corps), aged 26.Died of injuries, in Bleinheim collision on take off.
1942
18829Lieutenant Victor Robinson Engelstoft Nissen, 102203V, 66 (R.A.F.) Squadron, aged 21.Missing in action, in Spitfire Mk.Vc AB-514, during Dieppe Raid.
1942
24178Pilot Officer James Keith Stewart, 80400, 65 Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 19.Killed in action, Spitfire IX BR977, missing presumed shot down off Dieppe.
1943
12564Private Johannes Koorts, 120670V, 1st Reserve Brigade.Died on active service.
1943
16168Sergeant Norman McLeod, 59397V, South African Engineer Corps (Corps), aged 51.Died on active service.
1943
16917Corporal Wessel Moanja, N/80035, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of gastro enteritis.
1944
5749Private Douglas Dineka, N/80869, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps), aged 36.Died of septic appendicitis.
1944
11158Lieutenant Ronald Garnet Jennings, 328631V, Serving with 182 (R.A.F.) Squadron, aged 20.Killed in action, hit by flak, north of Vinoutiers.
1944
21299Private William Reid, 45436V, South African Army Postal Corps (Corps), aged 33.Drowned.
1944
27717Private Richard Godfrey Ward, 33568, 1st Bn. (Rand Light Infantry), aged 27.Died whilst a POW, in Germany.
1945
8409Private Elphas Goqo, N/70, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1947
2562Gunner Brett, 89481V, South African Artillery (Corps), aged 32.Died after discharge.
1947
3519Air Corporal Douglas Stewart Castleman, 235967, South African Air Force (Corps).Died after discharge.
1947
26960Trooper Van Rensburg, 613041, Q Service Corps (Corps), aged 23.Died on active service.
1947
28892Gunner John Charles Wright, 329741V, South African Artillery (Corps), aged 41.Died of pneumonia, tuberculosis and silicosis, at Johannesburg, after discharge. Wounded in the chest on 6 August 1944 and boarded medically unfit he returned to the Union.
1967
40656Obert Mdubegi, R43889, 4th Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 27.Died on active service.
1968
32976Flight Lieutenant Johan Slabber, 5200207, RAF Bruggen (Royal Air Force), aged 25.Died as a result of a mid-air collision with a Victor bomber over the village of Holt.(He was flying a Canberra.) In total 7 aircrew were killed.
1971
33104Corporal Desmond Adrian Steyn, 65399925, Army HQ (Administrative Services Corps (Corps)), aged 22.Died in 1 Mil Hospital from injuries received in a private vehicle accident on 16 Aug.
1973
38149Petrus Theodorus Vermaak, 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div, aged 21.Died on active service.
1976
39222Acting Corporal Fraser Samuel Gamble, R39779T, 1 Reserve Holding Unit (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 32.Killed in action, in a contact.
1976
32675Lance Corporal Carlos Alberto Correia Pinto Ribeiro, 75090423PG, 1 Reconnaissance Regiment, aged 25.Missing believed killed, during a contact between Luenge and Coutada du Mucusso about a week before S Sgts Roxo and Soeiro were killed, much further south along the Okavango river. He was driving a Unimog loaded with a tonne or more of explosives when he ran into an ambush while the company he served in was on its way back to Buffalo. He was probably hit by a RPG 7 which meant that the whole truck exploded and his remains could not be recovered. It was because of that incident that Col Breytenbach sent Ribeiro senior home to visit his mother after the second ambush in which Daniel Roxo et al were killed and which led to Robbie Ribeiro also getting killed in that nasty overtaking incident on the Golden highway.
1976
38143Constable Leandry Martinus Venter, W65073W, 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div, aged 30.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1978
40548Sapper Frank Sinclair Warner, 21130, 1 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 20.Died of injuries, received in a vehicle accident.
1979
40683Corporal James John Duff, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Army), aged 31.Died on active service.
1979
39380District Security Assistant Sikuta Gumbo, 1st Battalion (Internal Affairs), aged 20.Died on active service.
1982
32013Rifleman Modiakhotla Johannes Moses, 79861365HV, 101 Battalion, aged 43.Died in Military Vehicle Accident,at Ladybrand.
1982
32205Lance Corporal David John Nel, 80217755BG, 1 Construction Regiment, aged 18.Killed in action, landmine. Assigned to an escort detail that was to protect a Water Works JCB that had the task of repairing the water pipeline between Charlie Tower at Engela hospital and Eenhana. On the way there the JCB got stuck in the mud on several occasions. Nel and his buddy (Reyneke), got off the armoured vehicle and stayed close to the JCB with the intention of assisting it through the mud whenever it got close to getting stuck. From this point on, the going was really good, until the JCB detonated a land mine with one of its back wheels. Nel was killed instantly.
1983
35938Constable Alfred Matlala, S165863P, Krugersdorp, aged 26.Municipal Police.
1983
33431Lance Corporal Hermanus Nieuwoudt Van Der Walt, 78358082, 44 Squadron, aged 22.Died in a private motor car accident at Halfway House.
1984
32773Corporal Albert Ryan, 74221037PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion, aged 25.Died of injuries, sustained in a private motor vehicle accident at Port Shepstone.
1988
30813Lance Corporal Raymond Victor Jagga, 84276195BG, School of Armour, aged 19.Killed in action, in contact with the enemy. Ratel hit by two RPGs. One hit engine, the other went through the door.
1988
33462Gunner Jaco Petrus Van Der Merwe, 84435338BG, 10 Artillery Brigade (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 19.Missing, presumably drowned, after he went swimming in a river and disappeared. It is thought that he was taken by a crocodile, Ops 1 area. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for.
1989
36524Constable Mphahlele, S604536N, Cleveland.Died of wounds, received after being shot when stopping to investigate a disturbance in Cleveland, Johannesburg.
1989
37560Constable Sorab Shongwe, S604359F, Gauteng, aged 35.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1990
35139David (Peter) Kennedy, 35 Dist (Ermelo) Tvl Div, aged 22.Died on active service.
1992
35730Constable Johannes Maluleke, 0629534-7, Municipal Police, aged 44.Shot dead in Katlehong while escorting a delivery vehicle into the area.
1992
37885Constable Deon Johannes Tontsi, 0629832-0, Municipal Police, aged 31.Shot dead in Katlehong while escorting a delivery vehicle into the area.
1992
37908Detective Sergeant Tshazi, 0151364-8, Kwazulu Natal.Drowned when patrol car was washed off a bridge.
1993
32847Lance Corporal Douglas Gardiner Scott, 90363979BG, 1 Special Service Battalion, aged 18.Died on active service.
1993
37642Lieutenant Colonel Dirk H Slabbert, 0040793-3, Mpumalanga, aged 27.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1993
37981Constable Charles Van Der Mescht, 0442341-1, Upington, aged 20.Died on active service.
1996
31172Corporal Jan Hendrik Kruger, 90228164PV, Group 36, aged 22.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, MV collided with stationary trailer, at Wepener.
1997
34288Sergeant or Const Cele, 629112-1, Port Natal Division.Cause of death not established.
1997
36937Sergeant Leonard Nombele, 0512165-5, Kwazulu Natal, aged 24.Shot dead by unknown gunmen while on foot patrol in central Johannesburg.
1997
32972Rifleman Mkhacani Thomas Sithole, 86734076PE, 116 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 19.Died while manning a roadblock at Pondtdrat. He was hit by a taxi.
1997
33238Rocco Terblanche, 90294398, 111 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 22.Died on active service.
1999
31579Rifleman Peter Maphale, 96829023PE, 111 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 27.Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally shot by R4 while searching for weapons during an operation, at Vosman (Witbank).
2000
36393Sergeant Moncho, 511669-4, North West Province.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2004
35678Inspector Masetla, 600120-3, Potchefstroom.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
2006
35649Special Constable Makhoere, 7043874-9, Soweto, aged 41.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2006
37843Special Constable Thobela, 7054434-4, Durban.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2011
42752Lieutenant Colonel Sekhabi, 604315-1.Died as a result of their duties.