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ON THIS DAY

23 October

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 23 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899
43913Burgher Von Zeppelin, German Corps/Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 30. Killed in action, Elandslaagte.
1900
47579Burgher F H S Bander, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Wegdraai, Hoopstad.
1900
45092Burgher Wessel Hendrik Robbertse, Boer Forces, aged 35. Killed in action, Modderspruit Hosp.
1900
48200Burgher Johannes Andries Steyn, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 58. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1900
44573Burgher Frederik Andries G Van Blerk, Boer Forces, aged 51. Killed in action, Jagersfontein.
1900
44107Burgher Adriaan J Van Wyk, Marico Commando (Boer Forces), aged 20. Killed in action, Kruisrivier.
1901
45602Burgher Evert Fededrick Mulder, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, "Loskop",Bethlehem.
1901
45598Burgher Johannes Petrus Mulder, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 62. Killed in action, "Loskop", Bethlehem.
1901
45595Burgher Marthinus Petrus Hendrik Mulder, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 15. Killed in action, "Loskop", Bethlehem.
1914
28880Second Lieutenant George Drennan Cron Wright, 2nd Bn. (Bedfordshire Regiment), aged 23. Killed in action.
1915
41371Native Constable John Mhlahlo, 1636, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 44. Died of liver abscess.
1916
1330Major Walter Baxendale, British South African Police. Died of wounds.
1916
1789Private Bidu, M/271, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action.
1916
4382Private Thomas William Constantine, G/467, 2nd Bn. (Middlesex Regiment). Killed in action.
1916
5172Private John Dawber, 4463, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of wounds, received at Delville Wood, at Tooting.
1916
8626Second Lieutenant John Rivers Greathead, 2nd Bn. (Rifle Brigade), aged 21. Killed in action.
1916
11456Second Lieutenant Laurence Bertram Jones, 2nd Bn. (Lincolnshire Regiment), aged 26. Died on active service.
1916
11795Leader Thomas Kanjosa, 6066, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of phthisis, at Morogoro.
1916
14514Private Or Nagugwana Magugwana, M/4, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Killed in action.
1916
18765Private Joseph William Nicholson, 2852, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Died of enteric fever.
1916
21191Captain Lionel Reginald Rawson, 6th Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 40. Killed in action.
1916
21524Second Lieutenant Frank Johnstone Ritchie, 2nd Bn. (Lincolnshire Regiment), aged 21. Killed in action.
1916
23098Private Or Sikuku Sikotu, M/2, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of wounds.
1916
24734Pack Leader Molife Tankobong, 2314, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Nairobi.
1916
24823Sergeant George Charles De Willis Taylor, 963, British South African Police, aged 30. Killed in action.
1916
25141Private Ralph Ingham Hamilton Thompson, 7504, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. 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.
1917
255Driver Tyrrell Dunlop Ainslie, MT/4327, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 18. Accidentally killed, result of internal haemorrhage of ruptured liver.
1917
714Private John Henry Leonard Ashford, 46551, 20th Bn. (Lancashire Fusiliers), aged 19. Died of wounds.
1917
7770Private Shadrack Funyufunyu, 11793, 25th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.
1917
14989Staff Sergeant John Augustus Edgar Mantell, P/275, South African Pay Corps, aged 44. Died of empyema.
1917
25578Private McKenzie Ntseyane, 9469, 20th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 46. Died of tuberculosis, at No. 2 General Hospital, Cape Town.
1917
25371Corporal George Herbert Tompkins, 12326, 5th Bn. (Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry), aged 35. Died of wounds.
1917
28592Gunner Charles Agnew Corbett Wilson, 26792, 13th Bde. (Australian Field Artillery), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
240Native Constable Agutambgwe, 5391, British South African Police. Died on active service.
1918
303Sergeant Cecil Maurice Alen-Mahon, 50487, 204th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 24. Killed in air combat. Pilot of the Camel D8223 in the 204 Squadron, RAF, he was declared missing in action on the 23rd October 1918 after a combat with 12 enemy aircrafts near Termonde.
1918
337Corporal Alicki, M/151, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of influenza, at Zomba.
1918
599Private John Appie, 6459, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 28. Died of malaria.
1918
1344Lieutenant Frederick Gordon Bayley, 204 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 23. Killed in action, over Termonde in a combat with 12 EA during which 204 Sqdn lost 5 aircraft.
1918
1399Private Edgar Beaumont, 18893, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of influenza.
1918
1953Private William John Blignaut, 1742, South African Medical Corps. Died of pneumonia.
1918
2103Rifleman Christoffel Jacobus Booysen, 2139, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Died of influenza.
1918
2209Private Albertus Johannes Botha, 2512, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 20. Died of influenza.
1918
2294Rifleman William Frederick Botha, 2097, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Died of influenza, at Dedeben.
1918
2509Private Gilbert Theodore Brauer, GS/31, Rhodesia General Service Unit (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 38. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
2567Private Gert Brewis, 19708, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of influenza.
1918
2656Bugler Jack Brocklebank, 2602, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died of influenza.
1918
3064Private George Charles Burn, 21556, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of pneumonia.
1918
3148Private George Eric Butler, 13295, South African Special Service Company. Died at Roberts Heights.
1918
3249Shoeing Smith Petrus Johannes Calitz, 4694, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 28. Died of pneumonia.
1918
3774Private George Chiwa, M/2220, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.
1918
4142Private Johannes Coetzee, 22086, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of influenza.
1918
4240Private Alfred Samuel Coles, 20239, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Died of influenza.
1918
40780Rifleman Carel Phillipus Conradie, 9822, Keep Protection (9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles)), aged 33. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
4647Corporal Alexander Cranna, 1161, South African Medical Corps, aged 55. Died of pneumonia, at Roberts Heights Hospital.
1918
4662Private William John Creese, 15065, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
41303Native Constable Jack Dithoma, 2331, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 40. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
6114Gunner Gysberth Johannes Du Plooy, 2768, 5th Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
34613Constable Abraham Burger Ellis, 3871(F), 11 Dist (Prieska) CW Div (South African Police), aged 26. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
6721Gunner Michael Daniel Otto Erasmus, 5958, 4th Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 28. Died of influenza.
1918
7444Rifleman David Hercules Botha Fourie, 5703, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 25. Died of influenza.
1918
8119Private John Gibson, 20057, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza, at Woking Military Hospital.
1918
34795Constable Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Gorr, 1067(F), 7 Dist (Worcester) CW Div (South African Police), aged 42. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
9132Private Edwin Robert Hann, 21525, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of influenza.
1918
9876Second Lieutenant Charles Henry Hilditch, 27th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 19. Killed in action.
1918
9969Private Stanley Eustace Godfrey Hitzeroth, 21449, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of pneumonia.
1918
10128Private John Herman Hollands, 22669, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
11106Captain Abraham Jassinowsky, South African Medical Corps, aged 29. Died of pneumonia.
1918
12199Private Patrick Cyril Kiely, CR/146, Camp Commandants Staff, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died of pneumonia.
1918
12277Private Ernest William Kingman, 21223, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia.
1918
12314Private Percival John Kirk, 20944, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of pneumonia.
1918
13698Private George William Allan Livingstone, 19133, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
14558Labourer Abraham Mahogoane, 10654, attd. South African School of Musketry (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of influenza, at Durban.
1918
14963Private William Manley, 5505, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
14987Lance Corporal Mantandi, M/2006, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.
1918
15150Private Cornelius Jacobus Maritz, 2531, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 20. Died of influenza.
1918
15871Lieutenant Hugh Cecil McClure, 146th Siege Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 22. Died on active service.
1918
15974Private Clement McGarr, 22194, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 36. Died of influenza.
1918
17945Rifleman Hendrik Johannes Hubertus Mulder, 5693, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
17985Staff Sergeant Johan Henderik Diederik Muller, P/72, South African Pay Corps, aged 23. Died at his residence.
1918
18229Private Burt Christian Myburgh, 2243, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 20. Died of influenza.
1918
18533Private Stephanus Johannes Jacobus Nel, 8852, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles), aged 24. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
18791Private Stephanus Johannes Cornelius Nieman, 21186, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
19662Private Robert Walker Parker, 20330, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of influenza.
1918
19929Sergeant George Henry Maurice Pendrey, MT/2379, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 35. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
20108Private Walter Talana Pettit, 22054, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of influenza.
1918
37181Lance Corporal Thomas Frederick Plant, 2285(F), 30 Dist (Kroonstad) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 39. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
20863Private Victor Robert Quesnell, 16320, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1918
21699Private Ralph Henry Robson, 20942, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Died of influenza.
1918
37375Constable Gerhardus Jacobus Petrus Rossouw, 6338(M), 68 Dist (Butterworth) Tkei Div (South African Police), aged 22. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
22582Rifleman Ronald George Seager, 5608, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 24. Died of influenza.
1918
22763Rifleman Perrie Septimus Serfontein, 6105, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles). Died of pneumonia, at Roberts Heights.
1918
23178Mechanic John Hull Simpson, MT/7205, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 27. Died of pneumonia.
1918
24634Private Walter Barrington Switzer, 21715, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
37964Constable Gert Willem Carel Van Der Merwe, 7103(F), 42 Dist (Christiana) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 23. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
38004Constable Hendrik Jacobus Van Der Westhuizen, 7035(M), 9 Dist (Calvinia) CW Div (South African Police), aged 21. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
26855Sergeant Hendrik Petrus Van Huysteen, 793, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 34. Died of Spanish Influenza, at Lusthoff, District Winburg.
1918
27076Private Phillipus Cornelius Van Vuuren, 20119, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.
1918
27163Private Jacobus Johannes Van Zyl, 2754, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 20. Died of influenza.
1918
38127Constable William John Varnfield, 1796(F), 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div (South African Police), aged 32. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
27292Private James Gabriel Vermeulen, 2632, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died of influenza.

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