We remember those who died in service on this day:
1899
46390Burgher Pieter Willem Goudswaard, Boer Forces, aged 23.Killed in action, Eerste Fabrieken.
1899
45718Burgher Johannes W. Lourens, Boshof Commando (Boer Forces), aged 17.Killed in action, Belmont.
1899
45669Burgher Jacobus Johannes P. Meyer, Bloemhof Commando (Boer Forces), aged 47.Killed in action, Kimberley.
1899
45657Burgher P.c. Mienie, Boshof Commando (Boer Forces).Killed in action, Belmont.
1899
45220Burgher Johannes Petrus Pretorius, Boer Forces, aged 23.Killed in action, Lichtenburg Hosp.
1899
44855Burgher Nicolaas Johannes Christoffel Smit, Frankfort Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28.Killed in action, Beacon Hill, Natal.
1900
47093Burgher Abraham Francois Cilliers, Kroonstad (Boer Forces), aged 21.Killed in action, Dewetsdorp.
1900
45049Burgher Joseph C. Rossouw, Waterberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 50.Killed in action, Zoutpan, Waterberg.
1900
47893Burgher Hendrik Petrus Van Wyk, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 42.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1901
46661Burgher Pieter Lafras Du Plooy, Ermelo Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22.Killed in action, Doornkop, Virginia.
1901
44220Burgher Frans Van Rooyen, Scholtz Verkennerscorporals Commando (Boer Forces).Killed in action, Njambi Zululand.
1914
21462Burgher Johan Heinrich Richter, Brand's Column (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 29.Died of wounds, received at Mushroom Valley.
1915
5073Driver Davidson, Motor Transport Corps (South African Service Corps).Died of wounds.
1915
9554Company Serjeant Major Osborne Markham Healy, 3/3178, 14th Bn. (Essex Regiment), aged 47.Died of bronchial asthma.
1915
17444Detective Sergeant Thomas Lawson Morgan, 1508, British South African Police, aged 30.Died of pneumonia.
1916
486Corporal Roderick John Anderson, 9449, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32.Drowned.
1916
14803Private Tomkin Malitema, 1172, 2nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of enteric fever, buried at sea.
1916
16309Lieutenant Harold Stephen Meats, H.M. Submarine E.30. (Royal Naval Reserve), aged 24.Killed in action, mined off Orfordness, Suffolk in the North Sea.
1916
19152Ox Driver Luwayi Nyuka, 13982, South African Native Labour Bureau.Morogoro.
1916
28085Driver Jan Wesner, 11549, Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau).Died of malaria, at Morogoro.
1917
13604Private Frans Limpone, 2586, 8th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at sea, onboard the Guildford Castle.
1917
15856Captain David McCausland, 12th Bn. (Royal Irish Rifles), aged 38.Killed in action.
1917
23107Private Jack Silielo, 12273, 22nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis.
1917
23850Lance Corporal Christopher Spence, 5572, 9th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37.Died of dysentery and malaria.
1918
1946Private Petrus Stephanus Blignault, 8734, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 25.Died of cerebral spinal meningitis.
1918
4780Lance Corporal Suka Cububuzana, 18620, South African Native Labour Corps, aged 28.Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
5428Corporal Louis Valentine De Villiers, 6/827, Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F., aged 35.Died of influenza.
1918
6945Native Constable Fatazi, 3623, British South African Police.Died on active service.
1918
41387Native Constable Jan Hlupeka, 2230, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 35.Died on active service.
1918
13845Driver David Losper, HT/1808, No. 5 Coy. (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport).Died of disease.
1918
26867Sergeant Petrus Johannes Van Manen, 924, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 27.Died of influenza.
1918
28339Second Lieutenant Ernest Fletcher Wilkinson, 18th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 19.Killed in flying accident.
1920
26910Private Rolof Johannes Van Niekerk, 1171, Returned Soldiers' Battalion, S.A. Forces.Died of malaria, influenza, pneumonia and heart failure.
1937
29920Pupil Pilot William Gifford Dalgleish, P1/8454/1, 19 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25.Died in motorcycle accident, in Johannesburg when returning home from the Johannesburg Light Plane Club.
1939
38128Constable Cornelius Johannes Veldman, 1796(F), 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div (South African Police), aged 25.Died on active service.
1940
24837Carpenter John Taylor, S.S. Justitia (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 50.Died on active service.
1941
522Private John Walter Andrew, 78599, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 20.Killed in action.
1941
1321Private Stephen Bauchop, 80068, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 32.Killed in action.
1941
2541Staff Sergeant William Thompson Bremner, 141856, 5th Bde. Workshops (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 40.Killed in action.
1941
3365Corporal George Johannes Carelsen, C/277018, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29.Died of wounds.
1941
3729Corporal Hedley Alan Francis Chilvers, 79167, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21.Killed in action.
1941
4247Warrant Officer Class I Constantine Collaras, 86836, 5th Bde. Workshops (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 25.Killed in action.
1941
4344Private Robert Conchie, 29209, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20.Killed in action, at Sidi Rezegh, Libya.
1941
5290Private Pieter C De Jong, 23292, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces).Died on active service.
1941
6889Private Roy Dennis Falcke, 38222, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 23.Killed in action.
1941
7375Private Ronald Eric Justin Forrester, 78551, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 18.Died on active service.
1941
7780Captain Dudley Vivian Furniss, 78398, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 22.Died on active service.
1941
7899Major John Devitt Elrick Gartly, 78387, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 33.Killed in action, at Sidi Rezegh, Libya.
1941
8236Signaller Gladwin, 110438, South African Corps of Signals, aged 44.Died on active service.
1941
8404Trooper Goosen, 79969, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 29.Killed in action.
1941
8858Gunner Groth, 53255, 3 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 21.Died of wounds.
1941
9027Private Hall, 78799, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces).Died on active service.
1941
9072Lance Corporal Ernest Albert Hamilton, 6398838, 1st Bn. (Royal Sussex Regiment), aged 27.Died on active service.
1941
9424Private Wesley Frank Thomas Hastrop, 79211, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 25.Died on active service.
1941
9857Lance Bombardier Alexander Randolph Hickson, 856167, 1 Regt. (Royal Horse Artillery), aged 25.Died on active service.
11965Lieutenant Archibald James Kelly, 169975, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 30.Killed in action.
1941
12307Lieutenant Colonel Walter Houx Kirby, 78376, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 53.Died on active service.
1941
13545Private Kenneth Malcolm Lickfold, 201602, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 20.Died on active service.
1941
13985Lance Corporal Johannes Hendrik Lubbe, 78543, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21.Died on active service.
1941
14950Private Frans Manhica, N/15518, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of anaemic bilharzia.
1941
15006Private George Manye, N/21431, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Killed in action.
1941
15082Private Marais, 79548, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 24.Died on active service.
1941
17368Captain Bertram Vincent Kelly Moore, 28556, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30.Killed in action.
1941
18259Private Mynhardt, 79317, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces).Died on active service.
1941
19966Corporal Elvin Percy, 79561, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 20.Died on active service.
1941
20324Private Ephraem Pikichi, N/21732, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 50.Died whilst a POW.
1941
20814Private George Purdie, 31907, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 23.Died on active service.
1941
20841Corporal Walter Denis Pyman, RH/6855512, 1st Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 35.Died of wounds, received at Sidi Rezegh, Libya.
1941
21695Corporal Alan C D Robson, 80137, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps).Killed in action.
1941
21902Private Rossouw, M/16119, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44.Died on active service.
1941
23622Private Smith, 227326, 5th Bde. Workshops (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 19.Killed in action.
1941
23879Private Alan Albert Spiers, 78889, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21.Killed in action.
1941
26359Sergeant Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier.Died on active service.
1941
26912Gunner William Van Niekerk, 1095733, 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt. (Royal Artillery), aged 21.Killed in action, during Axis withdrawal.
1941
27350Private Viljoen, 242008, 8th Bn. 3rd (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 28.Died on active service.
1941
27720Private Wilfred Charles Fredrick Ward, 79592, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 24.Died on active service.
1941
27842Corporal Douglas J Watson, 78719, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces).Died on active service.
1941
28548Wing Commander James Owen Willis, 32059, 45 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force).Killed in action, Blenheim IV Z6439, at Libya.
1941
28975Corporal Bernard Frederick Yates, 78723, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 28.Died on active service.
1942
11576Private Christian Jozua Peter Joubert, 228072, South African Medical Corps, aged 48.Died of carcinoma of pancreas.
1942
12574Private Piet Kosa, N/10198, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30.Died of cardiac failure.
1942
15323Corporal Thomas Leslie Angus Marwick, 214154, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38.Died whilst a POW.
1942
23842Private Moses Speelman, N/6779, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of broncho pneumonia.
1942
24893Staff Sergeant Frederick Karl Techow, WX428, A.I.F. 2/31 Bn. (Australian Infantry), aged 30.Killed in action.
1943
14245Private July MacHaba, N/6241, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of acute septicaemia and tetanus.
1943
18977Sapper Coenraad Jacobus Nortje, 193166, South African Engineer Corps, aged 27.Died of congenital hydrocephel.
1943
19585Private Ntikoane Pakisi, N/53145, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36.Died of stab wounds.
1943
29072Private Jacob Stephanus Zeeman, 704253, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 56.Died on active service.
1944
1609Private Douglas Benson, 1880V, 59 Q Coy (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 23.Died of wounds, battle accident, in hospital.
1944
1637Ordinary Seaman Nicholas Berman, 616728V, H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure (South African Naval Forces), aged 17.Died of osteogenic sarcoma upper end left femur and secondary deposit lungs.
1944
2168Sergeant Adam Jacobus Boshoff, 135694V, South African Corps of Military Police.Died of natural causes.
1944
3803Private Christians, C/303866, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died after discharge.
1944
5544Sergeant David Den, SR/598142V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 31.Killed in action, by a personnel mine while out on night patrol.
1944
8928Lance Corporal Lutuli Gwala, N/3185V, 3 Supply and Transport Depot (Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces).Died of intracranial hemorrhage, in Italy.
1944
9788Air Mechanic Gerard Johannes Heuer, 581184V, South African Air Force, aged 28.Died of liver abscess.
1944
17054Private Mohlambi, N/724, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1944
19230Private Apools October, C/168699V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29.Died of sub arachnoid hemorrhage, in hospital.
1944
21823Lieutenant George Richard Rose, 1264V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 31.Killed in action.
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