On This Day

On This Day — 22 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

46606Burgher Benjamin John Dunheim, Kroonstad (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Honingspruit.

1900

46605Burgher William Titus Dunheim, Kroonstad (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Honingspruit.

1900

43611Burgher Fourie, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Bethlehem.

1900

45803Burgher Gd Lewis (Louwies), Boer Forces. Killed in action, Honingspruit.

1901

46318Burgher Jacobus H Grobler, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 16. Killed in action, Rietfontein.

1901

43422Burgher Vermaak, Boer Forces, aged 60. Killed in action, Letaba.

1902

48216Burgher Cornelis Johannes Potgieter, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 30. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1902

48203Burgher Theunis Gert Steenkamp, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 56. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1902

48193Burgher Petrus Van Biljon, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 39. Died of pneumonia while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1915

41315Mule Driver Lasengo Johannes, 1997, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Died of heart disease, at No. 3 hospital, Swakopmund.

1915

21520Second Lieutenant Bernard Rissik, 9th Bn. (Rifle Brigade), aged 23. Killed in action.

1916

7618Private John George Frasi, 11640, 12th Reinforcements (New Zealand Field Artillery), aged 39. Died of tuberculosis, at sea.

1916

10636Private Alfred Ernest Hynch, 8440, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of enteric fever.

1916

20957Labourer Kleinbooi Rafumbetsana, 3899, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Taveta.

1916

24771Trooper Reginald Dalgetty Tatlow, 86, 4th (South African Horse). Died of enteric fever.

1916

27602Private Thomas Walker, 331, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 45. Died of malaria and myocarditis.

1917

10755Labourer William Jaantjes, 16886, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1917

17407Leader MacK Morankoana, 18674, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Dodoma.

1917

19282Sergeant Major John Patrick O'Halloran, 328, 2nd (South African Rifles). Died of blackwater fever.

1917

21083Labourer Johannes Randamo, 15070, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps). Waterberg.

1917

17014Private Johannes Sitlani Or Sitlari, 1554, 7th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pulmonary phthisis, at Cape Town.

1918

12550Private Tom Komoko, 15235, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of phthisis, at sea.

1918

16539Private William Mgauleni, 19925, 39th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.

1919

24122Private Henry Stevens, 1218, 1st (Cape Coloured Labour Regiment), aged 21. Accidentally killed.

1921

15166Driver Albert Edward Marks, MT/7279, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 22. Died of tuberculosis.

1940

16060Air Mechanic Harold Vivian McKechnie, 94376, South African Air Force, aged 47. Died of bilateral lobar pneumonia.

1941

22524Private Eric James Ratcliffe Scott, 6442, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died of wounds, accidental gun shot wound to the abdomen, received 15 June.

1941

23327Signaller Verdun Hood Slavin, 5936, South African Corps of Signals, aged 24. Died of fractured neck, sustained whilst bathing.

1941

26884Private Van Niekerk, 235575, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 53. Died on active service.

1942

3038Sergeant Maurice William Burgess, 90124, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 31. Died on active service.

1942

9657Corporal Charles J Hendricks, C/165268, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received accidentally.

1942

11594Lieutenant Colonel Jan Hendrick Hofmeyr Joubert, 250801, 2 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 63. Died on active service.

1942

14022Private Percy Winchcombe Lugg, 127792, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died of wounds, received during the withdrawal from Tobruk towards El Alamein.

1942

19221Corporal Daniel William O'Connor, 135157, 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 36. Died of wounds.

1942

20574Private Cecil Edward Poulter, 6418, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 38. Died of natural causes.

1942

21859Private Cornelius Ross, C/301467, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action, air raid.

1942

23631Sergeant Walter Arnold Capewell Smith, 15287, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 26. Died of wounds.

1942

24197Gunner Albertus Johannes Coetzee Steyn, 45904, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.

1942

24675Air Mechanic Owen Francis Tabor, 101004, South African Air Force. Died of exposure.

1943

11593Corporal Jacobus Francois Joubert, 1050, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

19956Corporal Petrus Francois Peo, 190791V, South African Engineer Corps. Died on active service.

1943

25469Air Corporal William Henry Trevelleion, 312686, South African Air Force, aged 73. Died on active service.

1943

26624Private Francois J Van Der Merwe, 120047, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 46. Died on active service.

1944

69Private Douglas Ridgeway Abrahamson, 8719V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

2176Sapper Willem Hendrik Johannes Boshoff, 228991V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 47. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

1944

2373Sapper Herbert Townley Bowker, 172694V, 17 Field Park Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.

1944

4139Sapper Hendrik Bernardus Coetzee, 193147V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

1944

6801Flight Sergeant Eric Vincent Evans, 710241, 207 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Killed in action, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, Lancaster DV360 EM-U, took off 2323 RAF Spilsby. Crashed East of the Wehebach Stausee and between the villages of Grosshau and Kleinhau, 10km SSW of Duren, Germany.

1944

7275Sapper Mendell Flior, 233841V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 23. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

1944

8315Private Martin George Golden, 82586V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

8375Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Goodman, 176436, 207 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22. Killed in action, Lancaster DV360, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, took off 2323 RAF Spilsby. Crashed East of the Wehebach Stausee and between the villages of Grosshau and Kleinhau, 10km SSW of Duren, Germany.

1944

8706Sergeant Harry Moxon Greenfield, 710171, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Crashed near Genk.

1944

8919Private George Howson Gush, 8625V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died of wounds, in hospital, received in the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

8920Private Ronald Gurney Gush, 8626V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 33. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

9758Sapper Sarel Coenraad Petrus Herbst, 233145V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 31. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

1944

10224Corporal Alfred James Hooper, 17829V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Killed in action, by a machine-gun burst during the initial stages of the attack on Chiusi. He was part of Lt. E. P. Hardy's platoon.

1944

10712Sergeant James Emslie Sheperd Irvine, 75833V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

11096Private Jack Jarman, 19071V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

11213Private Johannes, M/22460V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

12424Private Frank Henry Johannes Klose, 11809V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

12708Corporal Petrus Lodewikus Kuhn, 180760V, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, by Anti-Tank fire in the vicinity of Chiusi.

1944

12831Lance Corporal Simon Lakati, C/321328V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, mine explosion while engaged in stretcher bearer duties during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

12868Private Harry Lambrinos, 232923V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died of wounds, received 21st June, during shelling in the vicinity of Cetona, Italy. WR/DLR and RNC had moved up and through the town, expecting an enemy counter attack. Casualties were from heavy shelling by artillery and enemy tanks situated near Sartiano.

1944

12986Corporal Cecil George Last, 9900V, South African Medical Corps, aged 36. Killed in action.

1944

14289Corporal Donald MacLennan MacKenzie, 8644V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed and then as presumed dead.

1944

16224Private John McNaught-Davis, 19203V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Killed in action, at Chiusi, he was initially posted as missing during the engagement in the morning.

1944

17068Sapper Stuart Sievewright Moir, 310455V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 28. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

1944

18337Private Leslie George Nash, 229975V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action, Chuisi, Italy.

1944

18487Trooper Gerald Frederick Neilson, 241637, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Chiusi. He was brought in to hospital dead with a gun shot wound to the chest.

1944

19572Private Stanley Bernal Page, 136611V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

19667Private Arthur Thomas Parkes, 226255V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

21205Flying Officer Harry Frederick Raynham, 151064, 463 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25. Killed in action, crew took off from RAF Waddington in Lancaster DV280 JO-S, as part of a force of 123 aircraft to attack the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer in the Ruhr valley. DV280 was shot down at a height of 16,000 ft over the Uden-Heimond area by a night fighter who also shot down a Lancaster from 57 Squadron, NN696, on the same night. F/O. Kenneth Forth survived the crash and became a prisoner of war. The rest of the crew, including Harry were killed and are all buried in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands.

1944

21427Pilot Officer Thomas Bryan Richards, 160150, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 21. Killed in action, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, Lancaster ME804 took off from RAF Dumholme Lodge at 2326 on an operation to bomb the oil refinery works at Wesseling along with 132 other Lancasters and Mosquitoes, shot down by German nightfighter.

1944

21523Lance Corporal Frank Johnson Ritchie, 8779V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

21532Sergeant Thomas Ritchie, 76147V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Killed in action, during an evening protective patrol, in the vicinity of Chiusi.

1944

22246Sergeant Orlando Oliver Milton Sangster, 8667V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

22440Pilot Officer Neville John Wingrove Scholtz, 160180, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Killed in action, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, Lancaster ND552 was lost after an attack by German night fighters, it crashed in a Coal Mines site near Lanklaar, on an operation to bomb the oil refinery works at Wesseling along with 132 other Lancasters and Mosquitoes.

1944

23556Private John J Smith, 62654V, 59 Q Coy (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Killed in action.

1944

7942Private Thomas William Tobin, 231752V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

25404Private Willem Tosen, 329114V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

1944

26800Corporal Halos Orb Van Gass, 194195V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

1944

28141Sergeant Robert Henry Wheadon, 1011898, 27 Air School (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 28. Died on active service.

1945

9916Captain Wilfred Hillman, 145765, 1st Bn. (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), aged 33. Died on active service.

1946

14010Air Sergeant Muriel G Ludditt, F/267256, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 26. Died on active service.

1947

1851Private Louis Bissolati, 227820V, South African Medical Corps, aged 40. Died of peritonitis.

1951

30442Lieutenant Albert Garrett Frisby, P1/34914, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 27. Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #337. Lt A.G. Frisby was leading a flight of four Mustangs on an armed reconnaissance just north of Hanpo-ri. The flight had reached a position roughly four miles north-west of Sibyon-ni, when Lt Frisby reported that he had been hit by anti-aircraft fire and was baling out at an altitude of 1000 feet. His aircraft's canopy was seen to fly off and a brown object, probably the pilot, was seen to fall from the crippled aircraft. No parachute was seen though, and it would appear that Lt Frisby's parachute failed to open. His pilotless aircraft, turning to the left, continued to lose height until it struck flat ground near a river and was destroyed. An intensive search by two members of the flight failed to find him, and a search conducted by four aircraft later that day also failed to find any sign of him.

1960

31717Air Mechanic William Matthew Mauer, P/22956, 1 Air Depot (South African Air Force), aged 31. Committed suicide, cyanide poisoning, in his home.

1963

41575Pioneer Willem Abraham Erasmus, P/15347, AFB Waterkloof (South African Army), aged 54. Died of kidney cancer (hypernephroma), at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

1964

39806Pilot Officer J Bruce McKerron, 4097, 2 Sqdn. (Royal Rhodesian Air Force), aged 23. Died in a Military Aircraft Accident, in Vampire FB9 #RRAF 106, crashed near Selukwe.

1984

31024Rifleman Shaline Lloyd Kees, 84076322CK, SA Cape Corps (South African Cape Corps), aged 18. Died in Shooting Incident, gunshot wound accidentally sustained while deployed in the Operational Area.

1985

30474Corporal Johannes Gobe, 76910215SP, 201 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 47. Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut-line.

1987

29850Airman John Liam Corrigan, 83435586, Lowveld Airspace Control Sector (South African Air Force), aged 20. Died in Shooting Incident, at Mariepskop whilst he was on Guard duty. He was shot by another troop member who was under the influence of cannabis.

1988

37351Pieter Richter, 607223-2, 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 43. Died on active service.

1990

33847Signalman Ronald Leon Wheeler, 86216512BG, H.q. (Group 10), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Umkomaas.

1992

34423Lance Sergeant Hendrik Jacobus De Klerk, W414442E, 40 Dist (Krugersdorp) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1992

34568Lance Sergeant J J Myburgh Du Toit, 0429668-1, South West Africa Division (South African Police), aged 22. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1992

36773Detective Warrant Officer Joachim Martinus Nel, 0086299-1, 22 Dist (Burghersdorp) CE Div (South African Police), aged 43. Died on active service.

1994

33289Sergeant Leon Johann Tischendorf, 81955734SWH, 102 Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 41. Died of Medical Reason, at 1 Military Hospital.

1995

35002Sergeant (Female) Lodewyk P Human, 0436825-8, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 20. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1997

37393Sergeant Lionel P Samuels, 435961-2, South African Police, aged 26. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 22 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 46606 — Burgher Benjamin John Dunheim, Kroonstad (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Honingspruit.

- 1900 46605 — Burgher William Titus Dunheim, Kroonstad (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Honingspruit.

- 1900 43611 — Burgher Fourie, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Bethlehem.

- 1900 45803 — Burgher Gd Lewis (Louwies), Boer Forces. Killed in action, Honingspruit.

- 1901 46318 — Burgher Jacobus H Grobler, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 16. Killed in action, Rietfontein.

- 1901 43422 — Burgher Vermaak, Boer Forces, aged 60. Killed in action, Letaba.

- 1902 48216 — Burgher Cornelis Johannes Potgieter, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 30. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1902 48203 — Burgher Theunis Gert Steenkamp, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 56. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1902 48193 — Burgher Petrus Van Biljon, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 39. Died of pneumonia while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1915 41315 — Mule Driver Lasengo Johannes, 1997, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Died of heart disease, at No. 3 hospital, Swakopmund.

- 1915 21520 — Second Lieutenant Bernard Rissik, 9th Bn. (Rifle Brigade), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1916 7618 — Private John George Frasi, 11640, 12th Reinforcements (New Zealand Field Artillery), aged 39. Died of tuberculosis, at sea.

- 1916 10636 — Private Alfred Ernest Hynch, 8440, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of enteric fever.

- 1916 20957 — Labourer Kleinbooi Rafumbetsana, 3899, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Taveta.

- 1916 24771 — Trooper Reginald Dalgetty Tatlow, 86, 4th (South African Horse). Died of enteric fever.

- 1916 27602 — Private Thomas Walker, 331, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 45. Died of malaria and myocarditis.

- 1917 10755 — Labourer William Jaantjes, 16886, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 17407 — Leader MacK Morankoana, 18674, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Dodoma.

- 1917 19282 — Sergeant Major John Patrick O'Halloran, 328, 2nd (South African Rifles). Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 21083 — Labourer Johannes Randamo, 15070, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps). Waterberg.

- 1917 17014 — Private Johannes Sitlani Or Sitlari, 1554, 7th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of pulmonary phthisis, at Cape Town.

- 1918 12550 — Private Tom Komoko, 15235, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of phthisis, at sea.

- 1918 16539 — Private William Mgauleni, 19925, 39th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.

- 1919 24122 — Private Henry Stevens, 1218, 1st (Cape Coloured Labour Regiment), aged 21. Accidentally killed.

- 1921 15166 — Driver Albert Edward Marks, MT/7279, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 22. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1940 16060 — Air Mechanic Harold Vivian McKechnie, 94376, South African Air Force, aged 47. Died of bilateral lobar pneumonia.

- 1941 22524 — Private Eric James Ratcliffe Scott, 6442, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died of wounds, accidental gun shot wound to the abdomen, received 15 June.

- 1941 23327 — Signaller Verdun Hood Slavin, 5936, South African Corps of Signals, aged 24. Died of fractured neck, sustained whilst bathing.

- 1941 26884 — Private Van Niekerk, 235575, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 53. Died on active service.

- 1942 3038 — Sergeant Maurice William Burgess, 90124, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 31. Died on active service.

- 1942 9657 — Corporal Charles J Hendricks, C/165268, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received accidentally.

- 1942 11594 — Lieutenant Colonel Jan Hendrick Hofmeyr Joubert, 250801, 2 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 63. Died on active service.

- 1942 14022 — Private Percy Winchcombe Lugg, 127792, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died of wounds, received during the withdrawal from Tobruk towards El Alamein.

- 1942 19221 — Corporal Daniel William O'Connor, 135157, 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 36. Died of wounds.

- 1942 20574 — Private Cecil Edward Poulter, 6418, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 38. Died of natural causes.

- 1942 21859 — Private Cornelius Ross, C/301467, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action, air raid.

- 1942 23631 — Sergeant Walter Arnold Capewell Smith, 15287, 6th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 26. Died of wounds.

- 1942 24197 — Gunner Albertus Johannes Coetzee Steyn, 45904, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery). Died on active service.

- 1942 24675 — Air Mechanic Owen Francis Tabor, 101004, South African Air Force. Died of exposure.

- 1943 11593 — Corporal Jacobus Francois Joubert, 1050, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 19956 — Corporal Petrus Francois Peo, 190791V, South African Engineer Corps. Died on active service.

- 1943 25469 — Air Corporal William Henry Trevelleion, 312686, South African Air Force, aged 73. Died on active service.

- 1943 26624 — Private Francois J Van Der Merwe, 120047, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 46. Died on active service.

- 1944 69 — Private Douglas Ridgeway Abrahamson, 8719V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 2176 — Sapper Willem Hendrik Johannes Boshoff, 228991V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 47. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

- 1944 2373 — Sapper Herbert Townley Bowker, 172694V, 17 Field Park Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.

- 1944 4139 — Sapper Hendrik Bernardus Coetzee, 193147V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

- 1944 6801 — Flight Sergeant Eric Vincent Evans, 710241, 207 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Killed in action, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, Lancaster DV360 EM-U, took off 2323 RAF Spilsby. Crashed East of the Wehebach Stausee and between the villages of Grosshau and Kleinhau, 10km SSW of Duren, Germany.

- 1944 7275 — Sapper Mendell Flior, 233841V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 23. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

- 1944 8315 — Private Martin George Golden, 82586V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 8375 — Pilot Officer Edwin Arthur Goodman, 176436, 207 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22. Killed in action, Lancaster DV360, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, took off 2323 RAF Spilsby. Crashed East of the Wehebach Stausee and between the villages of Grosshau and Kleinhau, 10km SSW of Duren, Germany.

- 1944 8706 — Sergeant Harry Moxon Greenfield, 710171, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Crashed near Genk.

- 1944 8919 — Private George Howson Gush, 8625V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died of wounds, in hospital, received in the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 8920 — Private Ronald Gurney Gush, 8626V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 33. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 9758 — Sapper Sarel Coenraad Petrus Herbst, 233145V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 31. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

- 1944 10224 — Corporal Alfred James Hooper, 17829V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 31. Killed in action, by a machine-gun burst during the initial stages of the attack on Chiusi. He was part of Lt. E. P. Hardy's platoon.

- 1944 10712 — Sergeant James Emslie Sheperd Irvine, 75833V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 11096 — Private Jack Jarman, 19071V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 11213 — Private Johannes, M/22460V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 12424 — Private Frank Henry Johannes Klose, 11809V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 12708 — Corporal Petrus Lodewikus Kuhn, 180760V, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, by Anti-Tank fire in the vicinity of Chiusi.

- 1944 12831 — Lance Corporal Simon Lakati, C/321328V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, mine explosion while engaged in stretcher bearer duties during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 12868 — Private Harry Lambrinos, 232923V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died of wounds, received 21st June, during shelling in the vicinity of Cetona, Italy. WR/DLR and RNC had moved up and through the town, expecting an enemy counter attack. Casualties were from heavy shelling by artillery and enemy tanks situated near Sartiano.

- 1944 12986 — Corporal Cecil George Last, 9900V, South African Medical Corps, aged 36. Killed in action.

- 1944 14289 — Corporal Donald MacLennan MacKenzie, 8644V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed and then as presumed dead.

- 1944 16224 — Private John McNaught-Davis, 19203V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Killed in action, at Chiusi, he was initially posted as missing during the engagement in the morning.

- 1944 17068 — Sapper Stuart Sievewright Moir, 310455V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 28. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

- 1944 18337 — Private Leslie George Nash, 229975V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action, Chuisi, Italy.

- 1944 18487 — Trooper Gerald Frederick Neilson, 241637, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Chiusi. He was brought in to hospital dead with a gun shot wound to the chest.

- 1944 19572 — Private Stanley Bernal Page, 136611V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 19667 — Private Arthur Thomas Parkes, 226255V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 21205 — Flying Officer Harry Frederick Raynham, 151064, 463 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25. Killed in action, crew took off from RAF Waddington in Lancaster DV280 JO-S, as part of a force of 123 aircraft to attack the synthetic oil plant at Scholven-Buer in the Ruhr valley. DV280 was shot down at a height of 16,000 ft over the Uden-Heimond area by a night fighter who also shot down a Lancaster from 57 Squadron, NN696, on the same night. F/O. Kenneth Forth survived the crash and became a prisoner of war. The rest of the crew, including Harry were killed and are all buried in Uden War Cemetery, Netherlands.

- 1944 21427 — Pilot Officer Thomas Bryan Richards, 160150, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 21. Killed in action, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, Lancaster ME804 took off from RAF Dumholme Lodge at 2326 on an operation to bomb the oil refinery works at Wesseling along with 132 other Lancasters and Mosquitoes, shot down by German nightfighter.

- 1944 21523 — Lance Corporal Frank Johnson Ritchie, 8779V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 21532 — Sergeant Thomas Ritchie, 76147V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Killed in action, during an evening protective patrol, in the vicinity of Chiusi.

- 1944 22246 — Sergeant Orlando Oliver Milton Sangster, 8667V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 22440 — Pilot Officer Neville John Wingrove Scholtz, 160180, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Killed in action, Wesseling Raid 21/22 June 1944, Lancaster ND552 was lost after an attack by German night fighters, it crashed in a Coal Mines site near Lanklaar, on an operation to bomb the oil refinery works at Wesseling along with 132 other Lancasters and Mosquitoes.

- 1944 23556 — Private John J Smith, 62654V, 59 Q Coy (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Killed in action.

- 1944 7942 — Private Thomas William Tobin, 231752V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 25404 — Private Willem Tosen, 329114V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Chiusi, Italy.

- 1944 26800 — Corporal Halos Orb Van Gass, 194195V, 12 Field Sqn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 30. Killed in action, by enemy shelling while offloading a train at Cetona, Italy.

- 1944 28141 — Sergeant Robert Henry Wheadon, 1011898, 27 Air School (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 28. Died on active service.

- 1945 9916 — Captain Wilfred Hillman, 145765, 1st Bn. (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), aged 33. Died on active service.

- 1946 14010 — Air Sergeant Muriel G Ludditt, F/267256, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1947 1851 — Private Louis Bissolati, 227820V, South African Medical Corps, aged 40. Died of peritonitis.

- 1951 30442 — Lieutenant Albert Garrett Frisby, P1/34914, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 27. Killed in action, in North American F-51 Mustang #337. Lt A.G. Frisby was leading a flight of four Mustangs on an armed reconnaissance just north of Hanpo-ri. The flight had reached a position roughly four miles north-west of Sibyon-ni, when Lt Frisby reported that he had been hit by anti-aircraft fire and was baling out at an altitude of 1000 feet. His aircraft's canopy was seen to fly off and a brown object, probably the pilot, was seen to fall from the crippled aircraft. No parachute was seen though, and it would appear that Lt Frisby's parachute failed to open. His pilotless aircraft, turning to the left, continued to lose height until it struck flat ground near a river and was destroyed. An intensive search by two members of the flight failed to find him, and a search conducted by four aircraft later that day also failed to find any sign of him.

- 1960 31717 — Air Mechanic William Matthew Mauer, P/22956, 1 Air Depot (South African Air Force), aged 31. Committed suicide, cyanide poisoning, in his home.

- 1963 41575 — Pioneer Willem Abraham Erasmus, P/15347, AFB Waterkloof (South African Army), aged 54. Died of kidney cancer (hypernephroma), at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

- 1964 39806 — Pilot Officer J Bruce McKerron, 4097, 2 Sqdn. (Royal Rhodesian Air Force), aged 23. Died in a Military Aircraft Accident, in Vampire FB9 #RRAF 106, crashed near Selukwe.

- 1984 31024 — Rifleman Shaline Lloyd Kees, 84076322CK, SA Cape Corps (South African Cape Corps), aged 18. Died in Shooting Incident, gunshot wound accidentally sustained while deployed in the Operational Area.

- 1985 30474 — Corporal Johannes Gobe, 76910215SP, 201 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 47. Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near the Cut-line.

- 1987 29850 — Airman John Liam Corrigan, 83435586, Lowveld Airspace Control Sector (South African Air Force), aged 20. Died in Shooting Incident, at Mariepskop whilst he was on Guard duty. He was shot by another troop member who was under the influence of cannabis.

- 1988 37351 — Pieter Richter, 607223-2, 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 43. Died on active service.

- 1990 33847 — Signalman Ronald Leon Wheeler, 86216512BG, H.q. (Group 10), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Umkomaas.

- 1992 34423 — Lance Sergeant Hendrik Jacobus De Klerk, W414442E, 40 Dist (Krugersdorp) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 24. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1992 34568 — Lance Sergeant J J Myburgh Du Toit, 0429668-1, South West Africa Division (South African Police), aged 22. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1992 36773 — Detective Warrant Officer Joachim Martinus Nel, 0086299-1, 22 Dist (Burghersdorp) CE Div (South African Police), aged 43. Died on active service.

- 1994 33289 — Sergeant Leon Johann Tischendorf, 81955734SWH, 102 Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 41. Died of Medical Reason, at 1 Military Hospital.

- 1995 35002 — Sergeant (Female) Lodewyk P Human, 0436825-8, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 20. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1997 37393 — Sergeant Lionel P Samuels, 435961-2, South African Police, aged 26. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

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