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ON THIS DAY

22 October

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 22 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899
47512Burgher S P Bekker, Johannesburg (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Elandslaagte.
1900
44722Burgher Hendrik Josias Strydom, Boshof Commando (Boer Forces), aged 58. Killed in action, Beaconsfield.
1900
48160Burgher Frederick Cornelius Wienand, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 21. Died of tuberculosis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1901
44772Burgher Daniel Jacobus Steyn, Vrede Commando (Boer Forces), aged 17. Killed in action, Platvlei, Cornelia.
1914
25473Lieutenant Athol Benedict Trewman, 1st Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 22. Died of wounds.
1915
3192Private Bwana-Makoa, 1201, Northern Rhodesia Police. Killed in action.
1915
41039Labourer Jan Mgwenga, 29918, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 21. Died on train, at Usakos.
1916
1901Gunner Charles Joseph Blake, 1085, 3rd Bty. (South African Field Artillery). Died of dysentery, at Morogoro.
1916
4038Private Jacobus Hendrick Cloete, 5728, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of malaria.
1916
6619Lance Corporal Cyrus Henry Emery, 5507, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. 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. At 4 a.m. of the 19th October, Germans launched an assault with flame-throwers, driving the South Africans to their original front line. At noon on the 19th, a company of the 3rd S.A.I. entered Snag Trench and attempted in vain to advance towards The Nose. The South Africans were relieved in the night of the 20th-21st October.
1916
11805Labourer Sameul Kanzile, 8061, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of cerebro spinal meningitis, at Durban (Salisbury Island), on return to South Africa.
1916
17624Jafta Moss, 8050, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.
1916
18086Gunner Harold Haylitt Murphy, 202, 73rd Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 28. Died of wounds.
1916
18951Private Peter Norman, 3222, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. At 4 a.m. of the 19th October, Germans launched an assault with flame-throwers, driving the South Africans to their original front line. The South Africans were relieved in the night of the 20th-21st October.
1916
19244Private Peter O'Dea, 8282, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds, received at Butte de Warlencourt.
1916
19457Corporal Thomas Herbert Orpen, 2947, 6th (South African Horse), aged 26. Died of liver abscess, at Korogwe.
1916
20811Lance Corporal Ralph Purcell, 1198, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action.
1916
21007Jan Ramapulane, 7053, South African Native Labour Bureau. Morogoro.
1916
23174Lieutenant James Alexander Simpson, 10th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 31. Died of wounds.
1917
33Captain Arthur Thomas Abraham, 23rd Bn. (Manchester Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action.
1917
1387Private Thomas Woodrow Beaton, 6827, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during first battle of Passchendaele.
1917
8980Lance Corporal Theodore Hagglund, 9329, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1917
11891Gunner Cecil Leslie Keal, 522, 5th Permanent Mounted Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Died of blackwater fever.
1917
13539Labourer Jan Or John Libe Or Libi, 18923, attd. South African Service Corps (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.
1917
19058Private Phillip Mabatane, 5913, 10th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of phthisis, at No. 2 General Hospital, Cape Town.
1917
14202Second Lieutenant Donald MacDonald, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Killed in action, near Langemarck, during first battle of Passchendaele.
1917
20589Private Charles Powell, 13178, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1917
20757Bombardier Alfred A'Becket Probart, 1126, 125th Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 36. Drowned.
1918
625Private Forbes Kirkill Archibald, 19685, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
831Private Marthinus Baatjes, 2644, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
836Sergeant Edward Reginald Babb, MT/664, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 36. Died of pneumonia, at Pretoria.
1918
34023Constable Gerhardus Stefanus Bam, 5110(M), 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
1694Private Jacobus Marthinus Garret Bester, 21940, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
3818Colonel William Edward Tolfrey Christie, Army Service Corps, aged 40. Died of influenza, at Cape Town, on his way home from East Africa.
1918
4163Private Petrus Francois Coetzee, 22919, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of influenza.
1918
4551Private Walter Henry Coupe, RR/1866, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
4644Private William Crampton, 21411, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
4748Private Johannes Theodorus Crouse, 20989, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
5445Private Joppies De Vos, 6088, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
6040Gunner George Shepherd Drysdale, L/43597, R.A. Tank Corps Command Depot (Royal Field Artillery), aged 23. Died on active service.
1918
6061Rifleman Francois Phillipus Du Plessis, 5845, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 28. Died of influenza.
1918
6062Private Gert Du Plessis, 2661, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died on active service.
1918
6297Private Frederick Algernon Dunn, 19444, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Died of influenza.
1918
6703Corporal David Jacobus Erasmus, 219, South African Medical Corps, aged 23. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
6978Private Clarence Percy Feeman, 22779, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
9555Private Patrick Leo Healy, 21699, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of influenza.
1918
9645Private Robert Stewart Henderson, 19911, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of influenza.
1918
10004Private Harold Hoare, 14954, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of delirium, tremours and heart failure., at Johannesburg.
1918
10137Sapper Holliday, 1103, South African Field Post and Telegraph Corps. Died on active service.
1918
10781Private Harry Bowman Jackson, 19741, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of pneumonia.
1918
11061Constable Johannes Franz Jansen, 2104, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 36. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
11170Lieutenant Ferdinand Alexander Jeppe, Armament School (Uxbridge) (Royal Air Force), aged 28. Died of pneumonia.
1918
11182Driver George Lockhart Jevon, 918, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died on active service.
1918
11348Gunner Herbert John Gracean Johnston, 2953, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Died of influenza.
1918
11840Private Kasonda, M/1995, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.
1918
12308Private William Robert Kirby, 20568, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Died of influenza.
1918
12465Private Thomas Andrew Knowles, 20216, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 15. Died of influenza.
1918
12586Gunner Dirk Johannes Jacobus Kotze, 6198, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 27. Died of influenza.
1918
35284Constable Nicholas Barend Martinus Kruger, 7566(R), 44 Dist (Pretoria Depot) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 28. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
13887Private Dirk Cornelis Lourens, 2006, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 31. Died on active service.
1918
13889Gunner Hendrik Jacobus Lourens, 5490, 5th Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 27. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
13952Private Alfred Andrew Low, 19407, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of influenza.
1918
14590Constable John Adriaan Maitland, 778, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary). Died of disease.
1918
14986Private Garnett Russell Manson, 21014, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of pneumonia.
1918
35813Constable Leonard Johannes Marais, 6991(F), 25 Dist (Bloemfontein) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 28. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
15302Sergeant William Montague Byde Martin, A/362, Southern Rhodesia Column (British South African Police), aged 51. Died on active service.
1918
16229Corporal Edmond C McNeil, PM/2, Garrison Military Police (South African Veteran Reserve), aged 26. Died on active service.
1918
16501Private Philip John C Meyer, 2399, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 24. Died of influenza.
1918
19293Sapper Charles H Oldale, A/9121, Cape Fortress Engineers (South African Engineers). Died on active service.
1918
19332Private John Oliver, 21371, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of influenza.
1918
22015Private Siefried Victor Rudolph, 19798, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
22400Lieutenant James Gustave Schmolle, 189th Night Flying Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aeroplane accident.
1918
22576Corporal Victor Charles Scullard, 9442, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of broncho pneumonia.
1918
23440Sergeant Cross Smith, C/290, South African Veteran Reserve, aged 42. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
23650Lieutenant Walter Ralph Smith, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 42. Died of influenza.
1918
23638Sergeant William G Smith, 1332, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died at Windhoek.
1918
37698Constable Erasmus Albertus Van Der Merwe Sounes, 7251(M), 21 Dist (Middelburg) CE Div (South African Police), aged 25. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
23823Gunner Alfred John Spanton, 2913, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 37. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
41402Native Constable Dick Sulo, 3849, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 38. Died of Spanish Influenza, at Lady Frere.
1918
41493Native Ernest Tati, 4967, "D" Coy. (Military Labour Corps), aged 34. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
24985Private Daniel Jacobus Theron, 2497, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died at Aus.
1918
26771Private Van Dyk, 1202, South African Railway Services. Died on active service.
1918
27457Private David Vlotman, 5428, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
28586Boy 2nd Class Albert William Wilson, J/92909, H.M.S. "Impregnable" (Royal Navy), aged 16. Died of pneumonia.
1918
28673Private Antonie Louis Windt, 19603, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia.
1918
29151Lance Corporal Zuwa, M/2034, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.
1919
1838Shoeing Smith John Bischoff, 2110, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 27. Died of laryngitis.
1923
37279Native Constable Jacobus Martin Ralitsela, 3644, Free State (South African Police), aged 30. Died of tuberculosis, at Roberts Heights Hospital.
1941
12410Sergeant Kleynhans, 16405, South African Artillery, aged 22. Died on active service.
1941
16830Private Isaac Mkele, N/28960, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of fractured skull.
1941
24140Ordinary Seaman David Stevenson, M.V. Darkdale (Glasgow) (Merchant Navy), aged 20. Torpedoed and sunk by U-68. At St. Helena.
1941
24439Lieutenant Denis Hubert Byrne Sturman, 102833, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26. Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 at Gasr el Arid, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN230.
1942
2190Staff Sergeant William Henry Boswell, 223980, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 59. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1942
12914Lieutenant John De La Harpe Lane, 35362, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, shot down in El Daba area, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #ET964.
1942
22550Corporal Robert Herbert Scott, X/7937, Southern Rhodesia Reconnaissance Regiment, aged 32. Died on active service.
1942
24957Sergeant Kenneth Saul Thaele, N/28559, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of toxic hepatitis.
1942
28392Gunner Arnold John Williams, 106441, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.
1943
9676Private Sayrien Hendricks, M/15210, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Died after discharge.
1943
14246Sergeant Raymond John Kellett MacHan, 1604641, 76 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20. Killed in action, Halifax V LK 664, raid over the city of Kassel in Germany, crashed in Welda about 40 km before Kassel.
1943
16961Private Aaron Modupi, N/13066, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

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