11039Corporal Edward J Janneskowitz, Heidelberg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 23.Killed in action.
1914
19353Burgher Johannes Wynand Lodewikus Olivier, Van Deventer's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces).Killed in action, in Eastern Orange Free State.
1914
27814Private Charles Collyer Watkins, 178, Kimberley Commando (Scott's Horse). (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 17.Died of paraplegia.
1916
5419Corporal Isaac J De Villiers, 809, 1st (Cape Corps).Died of empyema and exhaustion, at Durban.
1916
16203Sergeant Robert McMillan, 5674, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39.Found dead in bed, died of natural causes.
1916
17484Private Sydney Morreira, 1751, 3rd Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 26.Died of blackwater fever.
1916
20623Sergeant Frants Johan Preis, NL/52, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of malaria.
1916
22139Driver Klaas Safane Or Safani, 448, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of malaria, at Morogoro.
1916
22235Labourer John Sando, 5332, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died on active service.
1916
26726Private Hendrik Van Der Watt, 969, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of malaria.
1917
9259Rifleman Arthur Victor Harris, C/1401, 16th Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps).Killed in action.
1917
14233Second Lieutenant Alexander MacFarlane, 91st Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 28.Killed in action.
1917
17718Labourer Frederick Motsepi, 14704, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau).Zeerust.
1917
25511Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Joseph Trump, 1st Bn. (Monmouthshire Regiment), aged 45.Killed in action.
1918
4380Sapper Frederick Minieri Constance, D/705, South African Pioneers, aged 23.Died of influenza.
1918
8312Sergeant Major Samuel Goldberg, MT/5033, M.t. (South African Service Corps).Died of influenza.
1918
14319Sapper James MacKintosh, SAR/275, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service.Died of accidental injuries, struck on head by brake handle during derailment of engine.
1918
14383Lieutenant Sidney Alfred Maddick, 20th Bn. (The King's (Liverpool Regiment)), aged 37.Died of heart disease.
1918
15771Corporal Mbile, M/1335, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Died of pneumonia, at Limbe, Nyasaland.
1918
41372Native Constable John Mpendu, 1799, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 44.Died on active service.
1918
18453Private Charlie Nduka, M/555, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Died of pneumonia, at Limbe, Nyasaland.
1918
19061Private Theko Ntobeng, 20746, South African Native Labour Corps.Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
28275Private John Alexander Whyte, 17996, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20.Died at the SA Military Hospital, Richmond Park, Surrey, from a gunshot wound to the thigh, received 8th October, in France.
1919
34911Sergeant Arthur Henry Haviland, 12003, Boksburg (South African Police), aged 41.Drowned.
1920
11640Private Martin Julie, 2390, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 45.Died of valvular heart disease.
1939
2187Fireman Arthur Andrew Boswell, M.V. San Calisto (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 42.Presumed drowned, through loss of ship.
1940
27187Fireman Herbert Vanson, M.V. Victor Ross (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 19.Presumed drowned, through loss of ship.
1941
222Private Adriaanse, 116162, 10 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps).Died of wounds.
1941
1567Private Abdullah Benjamin, M/11202, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of wounds, in hospital, from wounds received during attack by enemy aircraft.
1941
1762Lance Corporal Hendrick Francois Bezuidenhout, 2641, 10 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 35.Killed in action.
1941
4659Corporal Alphonso William Ernest Creak, 78699, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21.Killed in action.
1941
5124Lieutenant William John Davies, 192171, 10 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 38.Killed in action.
1941
5648Trooper John Linwood Diamond, 125936, 4th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 20.Died on active service.
1941
6286Private Thomas Duncan, 92619, 4th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps).Died on active service.
1941
7054First Radio Officer Robertson Malcolm Fernie, S.S. Grelhead (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 36.At 0119, 2 miles of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, U-562 sinks British SS Grelhead carrying 6900 tons of iron ore (41 killed, 2 survivors make land). At 2033 just East of Gibraltar, U-557 sinks Norwegian SS Fjord carrying 5900 tons of iron ore (14 killed, 22 survivors reach the Spanish coast on 2 rafts).
1941
8555Lieutenant Neil Graham-Bell, 1617, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 28.Killed in action.
1941
8839Gunner Pieter H Groenewald, P/6670, 1 A.A. Bty. (South African Artillery).Died on active service.
1941
9417Private Samuel Gardner Haslett, RH/6296771, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), aged 29.Died on active service.
1941
9932Lieutenant Desmond Arthur Hinde, 95690V, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23.Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed in forced landing in bad weather (sandstorm) near Tobruk, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN396.
1941
12750Private Frans Kutama, N/15745, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of wounds.
1941
13493Corporal Cyril Aubrey Lewis, 6644, 1st (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 37.Died of burns, received accidentally.
1941
13810Gunner Ronald Long, 111317, 1 Bty. (South African Artillery), aged 25.Died on active service.
1941
14779Gunner Berend Malgas, C/304984, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1941
15220Private Marshall, 31777, 1st Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces).Died on active service.
1941
16750Gunner William D Minnie, 73395, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 18.Died on active service.
1941
17790Private Sam Mpedi, N/2152, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Killed in action.
1941
18495Staff Sergeant Nel, 31859, Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1941
19556Private Geoffrey Michael Paddison, 144802, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 27.Died of wounds, gun shot wound to stomach, received 9 miles east of Sidi Rezegh on 30 November. He was treated at 15 Field Ambulance, but died at Taiebelessem.
1941
21116Sapper George Albert Raper, 190210, 10 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 32.Killed in action.
1941
21504Private Patrick Mathew John Rigney, 241971, 1st Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces).Died on active service.
1941
22077Captain John James Fraser Russell, 188358, 15 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 34.Killed in action, in Libya.
1941
22264Bombardier Harold Aaron Sarembock, 16455, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery).Died of wounds.
1941
22568Sergeant Frank Carr Scrimgeour, 13704, 1 A.A. Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 23.Died on active service.
1941
22991Gunner Quinton Arthur Shirley, 53520, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 23.Died on active service.
1941
23278Private Albert Sixmonths, N/8465, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of wounds, whilst a POW.
1941
24003Private Ullyn James Lloyd Staples, 32039, 1st Bn. 1st (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 27.Died on active service.
1941
24294Private Ronayne Justin Stopford, 4503, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 32.Died of wounds, gunshot wounds, received at Bir Sciafsiuf on 1 December. He was treated at 15 Field Ambulance but died of his wounds.
1941
25117Warrant Officer Class II Gerald Andrew Elstrop Thompson, 32073, 1st Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 24.Died on active service.
1941
26729Gunner Van Der Werff, 143362, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 20.Died on active service.
1941
26940Gunner Frederick J. Van Rensburg, 13085, South African Artillery, aged 19.Died on active service.
1941
27023Gunner Clifford William Van Schoor, 53381, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery).Died on active service.
1941
27244Bombardier John Venter, 14190, South African Artillery, aged 27.Died on active service.
1941
27310Sergeant Jacobus Johannes Petre Verster, 3005, South African Medical Corps, aged 37.Killed in action.
1941
28698Private John Winter, 73131, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 19.Killed in action.
1941
28781Lieutenant Loxley Delville Wood, 47879, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Died in Aircraft Accident, Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN370, crashed in forced landing in bad weather near Tobruk.
1941
28855Sergeant Robert Wotherspoon, 1849, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces.Killed in action.
1942
894Lieut-Commander (R.N.R.) John Herbert Reid Bailey, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 39.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
3580Major D'Eyncourt Goddard Chamberlain, 12532, 2nd Bn. (Hampshire Regiment), aged 44.Died on active service.
1942
4446Sailor Cecil Cyril Cooper, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 22.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
6177Private Gabriel Jacobus Du Toit, SAP/196535, South African Police, aged 29.Died of dysenteric enteritis mycocarditis nephritis, whilst a POW.
1942
12520Fireman John Kok, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 34.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
13249Fireman Reginald A Legatha, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 26.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
13915Fireman John Louw, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 32.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
13968Private Roger Lawrence Lowe, 243187, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 40.Died of gangrene in the right leg, whilst a POW. He was hospitalized at the San Lorenzo Hospital in Palermo, where he died.
1942
16348Sergeant Willem F Meiring, 176827, South African Medical Corps, aged 49.Died on active service.
1942
21578Sailor Francis Johannes Roberts, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 22.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
22354Mess Room Boy David Scheepers, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 60.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
22959Second Officer Edward Victor Shields, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 44.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
23614Sailor Sydney George Smith, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 14.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
23974Fireman James Stanley, S.S. Amarylis (Panama) (Merchant Navy), aged 23.Torpedoed and sunk by U-181. En route from Kosseir & Aden to Durban, South Africa. At 17.40 hours on 2 Dec, 1942, the unescorted Amarylis was hit amidships by a G7a torpedo from U-181 and sank within 2 minutes after breaking in two. The Germans questioned six survivors on a raft and on this opportunity took a drowning sheep aboard for fresh meat. 16 crew and 2 DEMS gunners lost.
1942
25355Lieutenant Guy Stedman Foster Tolmer, 96677, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 26.Killed in aircraft accident, 2 crew (1 RAF) failed to recover from spin in cloud at Uitkyk ALG, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2734.
1943
1085Corporal John N Barendse, M/16173, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23.Died on active service.
1943
1438Air Mechanic Albert Lawrence Bee, 209691V, 26 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26.Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi.
1943
11327Sergeant William Paul Johnson, 710117, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Killed in action, Lancaster III EE179, took off from Dunholm Lodge, crashed at Gross Kienitz 11 km WNW of Kunigs Wusterhausen.
1943
11530Lieutenant Edward Charles Jordan, 140809V, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Killed in action, shot down by flak, seen to spin in flames Sulmona area, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JK405.
1943
12826Lieutenant Russel Erol Laing, 205715V, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Killed in action, shot down by flak, seen to spin in, Sulmona area, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #JK674.
1943
13917Stoker Joseph Louw, CN/72175, H.M.S.A.S. Swartberg (South African Naval Forces), aged 21.Died on active service.
1943
14208Captain Hector Omdurman MacDonald, 203267V, 26 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 44.Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi.
1943
15010Private Moses Manyoni, N/69546V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of tuberculosis and malaria.
1943
17687Flight Sergeant Cecil Godfrey Motley, 135120V, 26 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 30.Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi.
1943
19980Major Robert Perkins, 102763V, 26 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 31.Died in Aircraft Accident, Vickers Wellington Mk XI #LN384, dived into sea off turn, blew up off Takoradi.
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