On This Day

On This Day — 21 July

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47274Burgher H (W. Sn) Botha, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Suikerbosrand.

1900

44800Burgher Johannes Adam J Spruyt, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 31. Killed in action, Suikerboschrandrivier.

1901

43804Burgher Wilson, Johannesburg (Boer Forces), aged 40. Killed in action, Wagendrift.

1915

7318Major Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes, 7th Bn. (King's Own Scottish Borderers), aged 47. Died of wounds.

1915

41052Labourer Willie Nakon, 25056, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 20. Died of tuberculosis, at Maitland.

1916

3108Lance Corporal Bertie Ernest Burton, 1894, 10th Bn. (East Surrey Regiment), aged 30. Died of appendicitis.

1916

8343Gunner Frederick Walton Golightly, 596, 72nd Siege Battery (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action.

1916

8495Second Lieutenant Hugh Wilfred Gove, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.

1916

8603Private Francis Hatfield Gray, 1454, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.

1916

10795Stretcher Bearer Matthew Herbert Jackson, 2161, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.

1916

11097Corporal Arthur Jarmyn, 8732, 1st Bn. (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)), aged 30. Died of wounds.

1916

12007Private Reuben Francis McCoy Kemp, 1464, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

1916

12195Lance Corporal Eric Montague Kidson, 4918, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood, on 17th July.

1916

12286Private James Aloysius Kinlay, 436, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Died of wounds, received 17th July, at Delville Wood.

1916

16054Private Ernest Donald McKay, 3759, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.

1916

16233Lance Corporal William Astbury McNeil, 1671, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.

1916

17222Private Cecil Norman Moller, 1824, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Died of wounds, at Delville Wood.

1916

20866Labourer John Quick, 2825, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died on a hospital train, in East Africa.

1916

23863Lance Corporal Ernest William Spencer, 4960, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds.

1916

25412Private Horace Clayton Towers, 3312, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Missing, Death Presumed.

1916

25666Labourer William Twalo, 766, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of tuberculosis, at New Moschi.

1916

27628Private Robert Wallace, 3778, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1917

1273Corporal Ernest Basson, 785, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 14th July.

1917

6459Private Arthur Oswald Edwards, 657, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service). Died of blackwater fever.

1917

15904Private William McCurdie, 717, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

1917

22169Private Frederick William Salisbury, 10879, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of wounds, received 19th July.

1917

23252Ox Driver John Sitlangyoma, 16310, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Louis Trichardt, on return to South Africa.

1917

27662Private Thomas Arrowsmith Walsh, 10150, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds.

1917

28985Labourer Harry Yekelo, 18719, Water Carts (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of heart failure, at sea, on board H.M.T. Huntscliff, returning to South Africa.

1918

1363Lieutenant William Fortescue Beachcroft, 44th Training Depot Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, failed to recover from nose dive while doing aerobatics in Bristol F2B C4788, of 44 TDS Port Meadow.

1918

2652Private Samuel Comille Broadbent, 4274, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of pneumonia, whilst a POW.

1918

5669Lieutenant George Humphrey Dicketts, 24th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 24. Died of wounds.

1918

7707Captain Everil Edwin Froneman, 44th Training Depot Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 25. Died in Aircraft Accident, failed to recover from nose dive while doing aerobatics in Bristol F2B C4788, of 44 TDS Port Meadow.

1918

9410Corporal Cecil George Harwood, 452, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action.

1918

16710Private Robert Mills, 166, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces). Died of cardiac disease and bronchial asthma.

1918

19474Private Willie Orton, 16957, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action.

1918

26664Private Johannes Jacobus Frederik Van Der Mescht, A/9973, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 17. Died of appendicitis, at No. 1 General Hospital, Wynberg.

1920

24167Sergeant Edgar Douglas Stewart, 1164, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 39. Died of general paralysis and valvular disease of the heart.

1921

6598Private Walter Shewan Elrick, 67, South African Medical Corps, aged 38. Died on active service.

1939

30105Air Mechanic Henry Johannes Doubell, 73266223BA, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #358, crashed misjudging distance to the ground when flying out of mist.

1939

33822Second Lieutenant Hugh Alexander Webster, 72087299, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #358, crashed misjudging distance to the ground when flying out of mist.

1940

3010Private George Louis Scafe Burden, 2150, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of enteric fever.

1940

20974Fireman and Trimmer Rajagopal, S.S. Terlings (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 28. Killed in action, when on route from London via Southampton for Milford Haven and Sydney in ballast she came under an air attack from German aircraft. Survivors reported as many as 36 Do-17 with fighter escort and Me-110's attack the ship which sank on the first attack.

1941

1540Gunner Johannes M Benade, 45652, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 30. Died on active service.

1941

2912Corporal James Bryce, 13262, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Died on active service.

1941

8219Lance Corporal Max Ginsberg, 30840, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 40. Died of injures, received in motor vehicle accident, at Wadi Natrun control point on 18 July.

1941

9137Corporal Hannon, 124476, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died on active service.

1941

22494Lieutenant Harold St. John Schuurmann, 76887, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 35. Died on active service.

1942

2260Private Martinus N Botha, PE/2935, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died on active service.

1942

8647Lieutenant Arthur Alec Green, 102314, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in aircraft accident, engine cut on approach, swung, stalled into ground LG 99, in Douglas Boston Mk III #AL745.

1942

9625Sergeant Alister Hugh Seton Henderson, 657271, Royal Air Force, aged 30. Died in Aircraft Accident, Oxford I AT603, pilot of advanced trainer, crashed into trees after failing to climb from take off near Southrop, Gloucester.

1942

12658Corporal Gerhardus Christiaan Kruger, 45592, South African Corps of Signals, aged 33. Died of wounds.

1942

13815Sapper Richard Ambler William Longbottom, 191223, South African Engineer Corps, aged 52. Died on active service.

1942

18309Private Adam Namane, N/15724, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died whilst a POW.

1942

22034Stoker Walter Ruiters, CN/72081, H.M.S.A.S. Soetvlei (South African Naval Forces), aged 54. Died on active service.

1942

26553Private Van Den Heever, 73104, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died on active service.

1943

11592Air Mechanic John D O Joubert, 95298, South African Air Force. Died of coronary thrombosis.

1943

11782Private Alfred Kandavaza, N/49559, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of gastritis.

1943

17926Flying Officer Peter Thomson Muirhead, 117929, 295 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Missing, Death Presumed.

1943

26727Lieutenant Stanley C Van Der Watt, 206237V, 3 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, engine cut 45 miles North of Zuara, in Hawker Hurricane Mk II #HW373.

1944

1073Sergeant George Stevenson Barclay, 636V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence.

1944

3341Private Thomas Henry Cane, 234920V, Witwatersrand (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 45. Committed suicide, hanged himself in his cell, while in military detention for being AWOL.

1944

6423Sapper Herbert Reginald Eddy, 189885V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, while moving in support of the RNC, SE of Panzano, their Daimler Scout Car (Dingo) was blown up by a Teller Mine.

1944

8000Private Christian Gelderbloom, M/16825, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died after discharge.

1944

8454Gunner Allen Lewis Goslett, 19686, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died whilst a POW.

1944

10090Private Terence Anthony Hogben, 233533V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to his thigh and leg, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence, on the 21 July and died the same day.

1944

10400Trooper Owen Eric Howison, 156276V, 6th S.A. Armd. Div. (South African Tank Corps), aged 21. Died of wounds.

1944

10551Lieutenant Douglas Munro Anderson Hunter, 22211V, 6 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, Hurricane II LD167, crashed into sea after attacking a Schooner. Was seen in water, but without dinghy. When another pilot tried to throw him a dinghy unsuccessfully, he was lost sight of.

1944

13215Sergeant Philip Henry Lee, 4337V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence.

1944

16238Private Laurence Gregory McNicholas, 233098V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence.

1944

16631Flying Officer Douglas Millar, 53841, 514 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 28. Killed in action, Lancaster ME858, shot down returning from bombing raid on Hamburg.

1944

16747Private Minnie, 79257, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces). Died whilst a POW.

1944

19821Lance Corporal Walter Gerald Payn, 576232V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 21. Died of wounds.

1944

19931Private Mwenya Peneshi, NRA/15516, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1944

25124Private James Thompson, C/567833V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 17. Died of wounds.

1945

2304Corporal Bothma, 230275V, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 36. Died on active service.

1945

11953Private Frans Kekane, N/66178V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of gunshot wound.

1945

20609Lieutenant John Duncan Powrie, 53716, 3 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 31. Died of coronary thrombosis, at sea.

1945

27137Able Seaman Ferdinand Albertus Van Wyngaardt, 585610V, H.M.S.A.S. Pelican (South African Naval Forces), aged 18. Died of lobar pneumonia.

1946

23939Corporal Willem Adriaan Stadler, 110060V, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44. Died of angina pectoris.

1946

24554Cook Swanepoel, 71112, H.M.S.A.S. Goede Hoop (South African Naval Forces), aged 25. Died after discharge.

1950

42204Warrant Officer Class II Douglas Reginald Gird, MPO141189, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 60. Died of cardiac failure, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

1957

30608Rifleman Jacobus Johannes Hamman, J/21906, 8 South African Division (Regiment Danie Theron), aged 20. Died in a vehicle accident near Welverdiend while returning from leave.

1972

38992Sergeant Raymond Allan Brotherton, 2959, 2 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 26. Died of injuries, head injuries received in a road accident, in Salisbury Central Hospital.

1975

33032Lance Corporal Douglas Brian Snell, 73245037N, 11 Commando (South African Commandos), aged 18. Died in Shooting Incident, from a gunshot wound resulting from the accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle while stationed at Eenhana in Northern Owamboland.

1977

38774Constable Oscar Njodzi Shuro, 23240, Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 22. Died in Shooting Incident, at the Madabe Police Post, near Plumtree, Op Tangent.

1977

40574Rifleman Neil Wilkinson, PR43937, 10th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 18. Died on active service.

1978

39164Sergeant David Anthony Cordell, 64175, 6th Battalion (Rhodesian Intelligence Corps), aged 20. Died of Freak Accident, grenade accident. A faulty grenade, fired from a G3 rifle, exploded during a follow-up operation.

1978

42386Corporal Frederick Snyer, 71090138PC, 11 Supply & Transport Depot (Wynberg) (Administrative Services Corps), aged 26. Died of wounds, knife wounds, at Somerset West Hospital.

1979

39471Sapper Clive Leslie Jennings, 1700, 4 Squadron (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 19. Died of wounds, received in action. He was injured while lifting a mine from the railway tracks at Bannockburn, late in the evening.

1979

38714Tracker Sambulo Ngwenya, A19348, African Field Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 25. Killed in action, in a contact in the Victoria Falls area, Op Tangent.

1979

40146Sapper Raphael Nyoni, 660309, 7 Squadron (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 21. Killed in action.

1979

40339Sapper Mandla Boy Sibanda, 661355, 7 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 46. Killed in action, died of wounds.

1983

29528Warrant Officer II Cornelius Jacobus Botha, 05192273, 8 Signals (South African Medical Services), aged 53. Died of natural causes, at the SAMHS Single Quarters in Pretoria.

1984

31712Private Johannes Ricardo Matthee, 83069864CK, 16 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 21. Died in Shooting Incident, died from a gunshot wound resulting from the accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle while he was serving at Grootfontein.

1985

30799Rifleman Christiaan Jack, 80642317BW, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South African Catering Corps), aged 26. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Oshikuku.

1986

38077Detective Warrant Officer J J (Hannes) Van Staden, W58077K, North West Province (South African Police), aged 43. Killed in action, gunshot wound.

1986

33855Corporal Mark Twain Whiteley, 80253271BG, 701 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally shot dead by own forces after he had left their TB during the night to relieve himself and was mistaken for a SWAPO/PLAN insurgent on his return.

1987

30784Private George Immelman, 81137879BG, Army Battle School (South African Training Corps), aged 22. Died in Freak Accident, at Postmasburg, crushed between loader and tipper at Army Battle School.

1990

34129Detective Constable Jan Johannes Booysen, W616553E, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 21 July

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47274 — Burgher H (W. Sn) Botha, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Suikerbosrand.

- 1900 44800 — Burgher Johannes Adam J Spruyt, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 31. Killed in action, Suikerboschrandrivier.

- 1901 43804 — Burgher Wilson, Johannesburg (Boer Forces), aged 40. Killed in action, Wagendrift.

- 1915 7318 — Major Gordon Stewart Drummond Forbes, 7th Bn. (King's Own Scottish Borderers), aged 47. Died of wounds.

- 1915 41052 — Labourer Willie Nakon, 25056, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 20. Died of tuberculosis, at Maitland.

- 1916 3108 — Lance Corporal Bertie Ernest Burton, 1894, 10th Bn. (East Surrey Regiment), aged 30. Died of appendicitis.

- 1916 8343 — Gunner Frederick Walton Golightly, 596, 72nd Siege Battery (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action.

- 1916 8495 — Second Lieutenant Hugh Wilfred Gove, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Missing in action, at Delville Wood.

- 1916 8603 — Private Francis Hatfield Gray, 1454, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.

- 1916 10795 — Stretcher Bearer Matthew Herbert Jackson, 2161, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.

- 1916 11097 — Corporal Arthur Jarmyn, 8732, 1st Bn. (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)), aged 30. Died of wounds.

- 1916 12007 — Private Reuben Francis McCoy Kemp, 1464, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

- 1916 12195 — Lance Corporal Eric Montague Kidson, 4918, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood, on 17th July.

- 1916 12286 — Private James Aloysius Kinlay, 436, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Died of wounds, received 17th July, at Delville Wood.

- 1916 16054 — Private Ernest Donald McKay, 3759, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1916 16233 — Lance Corporal William Astbury McNeil, 1671, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood.

- 1916 17222 — Private Cecil Norman Moller, 1824, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Died of wounds, at Delville Wood.

- 1916 20866 — Labourer John Quick, 2825, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died on a hospital train, in East Africa.

- 1916 23863 — Lance Corporal Ernest William Spencer, 4960, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds.

- 1916 25412 — Private Horace Clayton Towers, 3312, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1916 25666 — Labourer William Twalo, 766, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of tuberculosis, at New Moschi.

- 1916 27628 — Private Robert Wallace, 3778, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1917 1273 — Corporal Ernest Basson, 785, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 14th July.

- 1917 6459 — Private Arthur Oswald Edwards, 657, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service). Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 15904 — Private William McCurdie, 717, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

- 1917 22169 — Private Frederick William Salisbury, 10879, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of wounds, received 19th July.

- 1917 23252 — Ox Driver John Sitlangyoma, 16310, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Louis Trichardt, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 27662 — Private Thomas Arrowsmith Walsh, 10150, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds.

- 1917 28985 — Labourer Harry Yekelo, 18719, Water Carts (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of heart failure, at sea, on board H.M.T. Huntscliff, returning to South Africa.

- 1918 1363 — Lieutenant William Fortescue Beachcroft, 44th Training Depot Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 27. Died in Aircraft Accident, failed to recover from nose dive while doing aerobatics in Bristol F2B C4788, of 44 TDS Port Meadow.

- 1918 2652 — Private Samuel Comille Broadbent, 4274, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of pneumonia, whilst a POW.

- 1918 5669 — Lieutenant George Humphrey Dicketts, 24th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 24. Died of wounds.

- 1918 7707 — Captain Everil Edwin Froneman, 44th Training Depot Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 25. Died in Aircraft Accident, failed to recover from nose dive while doing aerobatics in Bristol F2B C4788, of 44 TDS Port Meadow.

- 1918 9410 — Corporal Cecil George Harwood, 452, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action.

- 1918 16710 — Private Robert Mills, 166, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces). Died of cardiac disease and bronchial asthma.

- 1918 19474 — Private Willie Orton, 16957, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action.

- 1918 26664 — Private Johannes Jacobus Frederik Van Der Mescht, A/9973, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 17. Died of appendicitis, at No. 1 General Hospital, Wynberg.

- 1920 24167 — Sergeant Edgar Douglas Stewart, 1164, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 39. Died of general paralysis and valvular disease of the heart.

- 1921 6598 — Private Walter Shewan Elrick, 67, South African Medical Corps, aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1939 30105 — Air Mechanic Henry Johannes Doubell, 73266223BA, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #358, crashed misjudging distance to the ground when flying out of mist.

- 1939 33822 — Second Lieutenant Hugh Alexander Webster, 72087299, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #358, crashed misjudging distance to the ground when flying out of mist.

- 1940 3010 — Private George Louis Scafe Burden, 2150, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of enteric fever.

- 1940 20974 — Fireman and Trimmer Rajagopal, S.S. Terlings (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 28. Killed in action, when on route from London via Southampton for Milford Haven and Sydney in ballast she came under an air attack from German aircraft. Survivors reported as many as 36 Do-17 with fighter escort and Me-110's attack the ship which sank on the first attack.

- 1941 1540 — Gunner Johannes M Benade, 45652, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1941 2912 — Corporal James Bryce, 13262, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Died on active service.

- 1941 8219 — Lance Corporal Max Ginsberg, 30840, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 40. Died of injures, received in motor vehicle accident, at Wadi Natrun control point on 18 July.

- 1941 9137 — Corporal Hannon, 124476, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died on active service.

- 1941 22494 — Lieutenant Harold St. John Schuurmann, 76887, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1942 2260 — Private Martinus N Botha, PE/2935, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1942 8647 — Lieutenant Arthur Alec Green, 102314, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in aircraft accident, engine cut on approach, swung, stalled into ground LG 99, in Douglas Boston Mk III #AL745.

- 1942 9625 — Sergeant Alister Hugh Seton Henderson, 657271, Royal Air Force, aged 30. Died in Aircraft Accident, Oxford I AT603, pilot of advanced trainer, crashed into trees after failing to climb from take off near Southrop, Gloucester.

- 1942 12658 — Corporal Gerhardus Christiaan Kruger, 45592, South African Corps of Signals, aged 33. Died of wounds.

- 1942 13815 — Sapper Richard Ambler William Longbottom, 191223, South African Engineer Corps, aged 52. Died on active service.

- 1942 18309 — Private Adam Namane, N/15724, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died whilst a POW.

- 1942 22034 — Stoker Walter Ruiters, CN/72081, H.M.S.A.S. Soetvlei (South African Naval Forces), aged 54. Died on active service.

- 1942 26553 — Private Van Den Heever, 73104, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died on active service.

- 1943 11592 — Air Mechanic John D O Joubert, 95298, South African Air Force. Died of coronary thrombosis.

- 1943 11782 — Private Alfred Kandavaza, N/49559, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of gastritis.

- 1943 17926 — Flying Officer Peter Thomson Muirhead, 117929, 295 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1943 26727 — Lieutenant Stanley C Van Der Watt, 206237V, 3 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, engine cut 45 miles North of Zuara, in Hawker Hurricane Mk II #HW373.

- 1944 1073 — Sergeant George Stevenson Barclay, 636V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence.

- 1944 3341 — Private Thomas Henry Cane, 234920V, Witwatersrand (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 45. Committed suicide, hanged himself in his cell, while in military detention for being AWOL.

- 1944 6423 — Sapper Herbert Reginald Eddy, 189885V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, while moving in support of the RNC, SE of Panzano, their Daimler Scout Car (Dingo) was blown up by a Teller Mine.

- 1944 8000 — Private Christian Gelderbloom, M/16825, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died after discharge.

- 1944 8454 — Gunner Allen Lewis Goslett, 19686, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died whilst a POW.

- 1944 10090 — Private Terence Anthony Hogben, 233533V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to his thigh and leg, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence, on the 21 July and died the same day.

- 1944 10400 — Trooper Owen Eric Howison, 156276V, 6th S.A. Armd. Div. (South African Tank Corps), aged 21. Died of wounds.

- 1944 10551 — Lieutenant Douglas Munro Anderson Hunter, 22211V, 6 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, Hurricane II LD167, crashed into sea after attacking a Schooner. Was seen in water, but without dinghy. When another pilot tried to throw him a dinghy unsuccessfully, he was lost sight of.

- 1944 13215 — Sergeant Philip Henry Lee, 4337V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence.

- 1944 16238 — Private Laurence Gregory McNicholas, 233098V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Greve, about 30 km south of Florence.

- 1944 16631 — Flying Officer Douglas Millar, 53841, 514 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 28. Killed in action, Lancaster ME858, shot down returning from bombing raid on Hamburg.

- 1944 16747 — Private Minnie, 79257, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces). Died whilst a POW.

- 1944 19821 — Lance Corporal Walter Gerald Payn, 576232V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 21. Died of wounds.

- 1944 19931 — Private Mwenya Peneshi, NRA/15516, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1944 25124 — Private James Thompson, C/567833V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 17. Died of wounds.

- 1945 2304 — Corporal Bothma, 230275V, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 36. Died on active service.

- 1945 11953 — Private Frans Kekane, N/66178V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of gunshot wound.

- 1945 20609 — Lieutenant John Duncan Powrie, 53716, 3 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 31. Died of coronary thrombosis, at sea.

- 1945 27137 — Able Seaman Ferdinand Albertus Van Wyngaardt, 585610V, H.M.S.A.S. Pelican (South African Naval Forces), aged 18. Died of lobar pneumonia.

- 1946 23939 — Corporal Willem Adriaan Stadler, 110060V, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44. Died of angina pectoris.

- 1946 24554 — Cook Swanepoel, 71112, H.M.S.A.S. Goede Hoop (South African Naval Forces), aged 25. Died after discharge.

- 1950 42204 — Warrant Officer Class II Douglas Reginald Gird, MPO141189, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 60. Died of cardiac failure, at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

- 1957 30608 — Rifleman Jacobus Johannes Hamman, J/21906, 8 South African Division (Regiment Danie Theron), aged 20. Died in a vehicle accident near Welverdiend while returning from leave.

- 1972 38992 — Sergeant Raymond Allan Brotherton, 2959, 2 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 26. Died of injuries, head injuries received in a road accident, in Salisbury Central Hospital.

- 1975 33032 — Lance Corporal Douglas Brian Snell, 73245037N, 11 Commando (South African Commandos), aged 18. Died in Shooting Incident, from a gunshot wound resulting from the accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle while stationed at Eenhana in Northern Owamboland.

- 1977 38774 — Constable Oscar Njodzi Shuro, 23240, Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 22. Died in Shooting Incident, at the Madabe Police Post, near Plumtree, Op Tangent.

- 1977 40574 — Rifleman Neil Wilkinson, PR43937, 10th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 18. Died on active service.

- 1978 39164 — Sergeant David Anthony Cordell, 64175, 6th Battalion (Rhodesian Intelligence Corps), aged 20. Died of Freak Accident, grenade accident. A faulty grenade, fired from a G3 rifle, exploded during a follow-up operation.

- 1978 42386 — Corporal Frederick Snyer, 71090138PC, 11 Supply & Transport Depot (Wynberg) (Administrative Services Corps), aged 26. Died of wounds, knife wounds, at Somerset West Hospital.

- 1979 39471 — Sapper Clive Leslie Jennings, 1700, 4 Squadron (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 19. Died of wounds, received in action. He was injured while lifting a mine from the railway tracks at Bannockburn, late in the evening.

- 1979 38714 — Tracker Sambulo Ngwenya, A19348, African Field Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 25. Killed in action, in a contact in the Victoria Falls area, Op Tangent.

- 1979 40146 — Sapper Raphael Nyoni, 660309, 7 Squadron (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1979 40339 — Sapper Mandla Boy Sibanda, 661355, 7 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 46. Killed in action, died of wounds.

- 1983 29528 — Warrant Officer II Cornelius Jacobus Botha, 05192273, 8 Signals (South African Medical Services), aged 53. Died of natural causes, at the SAMHS Single Quarters in Pretoria.

- 1984 31712 — Private Johannes Ricardo Matthee, 83069864CK, 16 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 21. Died in Shooting Incident, died from a gunshot wound resulting from the accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle while he was serving at Grootfontein.

- 1985 30799 — Rifleman Christiaan Jack, 80642317BW, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South African Catering Corps), aged 26. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Oshikuku.

- 1986 38077 — Detective Warrant Officer J J (Hannes) Van Staden, W58077K, North West Province (South African Police), aged 43. Killed in action, gunshot wound.

- 1986 33855 — Corporal Mark Twain Whiteley, 80253271BG, 701 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 24. Died in Shooting Incident, accidentally shot dead by own forces after he had left their TB during the night to relieve himself and was mistaken for a SWAPO/PLAN insurgent on his return.

- 1987 30784 — Private George Immelman, 81137879BG, Army Battle School (South African Training Corps), aged 22. Died in Freak Accident, at Postmasburg, crushed between loader and tipper at Army Battle School.

- 1990 34129 — Detective Constable Jan Johannes Booysen, W616553E, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.

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