43795Burgher Wouters, Boer Forces (ZPB (POW Elim Hospital) Commando), aged 40.Killed in action, on the border betqween Ballymore and Elim.
1914
7774Lance Corporal Arthur Furnell, 8359, 1st Bn. (Royal Scots Fusiliers), aged 28.Killed in action.
1914
23477Lieutenant Everard Cecil Smith, 4th Bn. (Royal Fusiliers), aged 29.Died on active service.
1914
23810Private George Arthur Southwell, L/10447, 4th Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 27.Died of wounds.
1916
3988Private Gilbert Clennell, 12731, 2nd Brigade Depot (South African Infantry Corps (Corps)).Died of pneumonia.
1916
10672Sergeant Thomas Joseph Burton Inglesby, 7224, 12th South African Infantry, aged 23.Died of blackwater fever.
1916
19882Second Lieutenant Raymond Stanley Pearse, 71st Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 22.Killed in action.
1916
27773Private Bernard Warth, 2143, 24th Bn. (Royal Fusiliers), aged 29.Died of wounds.
1917
12543Walter Komangoana, 12942, Boats and Animals (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)).Somerset East.
1917
15504Private Herbert Ayliff Mathews, 15410, 8th South African Infantry, aged 43.Died of cerebral malaria.
1917
20451Labourer Charlie Pohledi Or Puhledi, 14748, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)).Died at Leribe, on return to South Africa.
1917
22655Pack Leader Festus Sekgoe, 15784, Military Labour Corps (Corps).Died of malaria, at Pietersburg, on return to South Africa.
1917
25072Private Owen Faithful Thomas, 16211, 1st South African Infantry.Died of measles and broncho pneumonia.
1918
1147Private Frank Henry Barnes, 21853, 2nd South African Infantry, aged 34.Died of enteric fever.
1918
2933Private John Scott Buchanan, 1997, South African Medical Corps (Corps).Died of malignant disease, Wanderers.
1918
4054Gunner Barnes Mitchell Clover, 1804, 125th Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 26.Died of wounds.
1918
4966Gunner Hamilton Jones Daniell, 1277, 125th Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 27.Died of wounds, received in aerial bomb attack.
1918
9450Captain Horace Walter Smeathman Hatton, 3rd Bn. (South Staffordshire Regiment), aged 29.Killed in action.
1918
10294Private Robert Redvers Horsey, 511760, 1st/14th Bn. (London Regiment (London Scottish)), aged 18.Killed in action.
1918
10731Private John Isaacs, 1920, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 17.Died of malaria, at Belah.
1918
13731Lance Corporal Albert Edward Lock, 454, 4th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 32.Killed in action.
1918
15194Captain John Murray Marquard, 13th Bn. (Royal Fusiliers), aged 27.Killed in action.
1918
21095Private Ranhamuisa, M/1502, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Died on active service.
1918
21979Signaller Thomas Rowson, 1438, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Corps of Signals (Corps)), aged 43.Died of wounds, whilst a POW.
1918
22851Lieutenant Arthur Granville Sharp, 72nd Army Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 20.Killed in action.
1940
13587Private Mondanya Likando, NRA/10699, 2nd Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment).Died on active service.
1940
22080Private Mogens Asker Russell, 2470, Royal Durban Light Infantry, aged 43.Died on active service.
1940
28299Rifleman Ronald Robert Wiggill, 82248, 2nd (Witwatersrand Rifles), aged 30.Died on active service.
1941
8862Trooper Hendrik Cornelius Grove, 25958, 2nd Armoured Car Regiment (South African Armoured Corps (Corps)), aged 31.Died on active service.
1941
19342Corporal Cyril Edward Olivier, 4097, South African Corps of Military Police (Corps), aged 22.Died of injuries, received accidentally.
1941
23605Signaller Robert William Smith, 117373, 10th Bde. (South African Corps of Signals (Corps)), aged 23.Died of empyama.
1942
9105Private Paulus Hamnyera, N/46884, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Murdered, throat cut.
1942
20013Private Andrew A Peters, C/273200, Cape Corps, aged 24.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, after discharge.
1942
20661Corporal Johannes Hendrik Pretorius, 216733, 39 Railway Constr. Coy. (South African Engineer Corps (Corps)), aged 30.Died of hypertension.
1942
25285Private Isaac Tiroe, N/37962, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of broncho pneumonia.
1943
801Flight Sergeant William Henry Austin, 778987, 103 Squadron (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 32.Killed in action, Lancaster ED701, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Struning of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 or He 219 A-0 from Venlo airfield.
1943
4023Private Gert Johannes Cloete, 65675V, 1st Reserve Brigade, aged 51.Died of broncho pneumonia following operation for abdominal obstruction due to volvulus.
1943
34340Constable Joseph Coetzee, 122667, Pietermaritzburg, aged 33.Died as a result of injuries sustained after being assaulted by two Coloured men on 20/08/1943.
1943
6150Corporal Lukas Du Preez, C/301427, 2nd Bn. (Cape Corps), aged 42.Died of natural causes.
1943
6568Staff Sergeant Thomas Breedon Elliott, 13285, General Service Corps (Corps), aged 31.Died of acute malaria.
1943
17622Private Isaac Moss, N/67364, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Accidentally killed, by motor car.
1943
18693Private Ngqondi, N/702608, Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps), aged 78.Died on active service.
1943
28891Gunner Joseph A Wright, 310549, South African Artillery (Corps), aged 24.Died on active service.
1944
6737Warrant Officer Class II Theodore Paul Erlank, 21561V, 1/11 Anti-Tank Regiment (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 24.Died of wounds.
1944
10418Second Lieutenant John Clifton Hoyle, 282449V, 112 (R.A.F.) Squadron, aged 20.Killed in action, shot down at Modena.
1944
22247Private Johannes Sangwen, N/80152, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1944
23303Trooper Gustav Adolph Slabbert, 606336V, South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles), aged 20.Died of wounds, injuries to his arms and chest, in contact with enemy infantry and a Tiger tank in the vicinity of Radda, Italy. He was hospitalized and placed on the Dangerous Injuries list on the 18th July but appeared to be recovering as he was moved to the Serious Injures list on the 15 August. He unfortunately succumbed to his injuries 8 days later.
1944
24266Lieutenant Francis Ralph Stokes, 220795, 144th (8th Bn. The East Lancashire Regiment) Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps), aged 34.Killed in action, while leading his troop into action against enemy rearguards east of Lisieux.
1944
24329Civilian Vivian Irene Stranack, Civilian War Dead, aged 52.Died on active service.
1944
28115Lieutenant Victor William Westlake, 329019V, 37 Squadron, aged 21.Killed in action, in Wellington X #ME956.
1945
17059Private Serobela Moholane, N/38182, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps).Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, at sea.
1956
41669Corporal Jacobus Francois Van Niekerk, 1 Mil Hospital (Union Defence Forces), aged 42.Died of injuries, fractured skull received in motor vehicle accident, in Pretoria Hospital.
1958
31766Lieutenant Leslie James McDonald, P1/41826, 40 Squadron, aged 27.Killed in aircraft accident, engine failure crashed near Germiston, in AT-6 Harvard #7193. Pilot bailed out but parachute failed to open.
1961
41554Staff Sergeant Hermanus Johannes Fouche, Services School, aged 37.Committed suicide, died of carbon monoxide poisoning, at Pretoria.
1961
41553Sergeant Daniel Francois Marais, Services School, aged 47.Died of arterial bleeding resulting from a bullet wound to his head, by his wife, while he was in a mentally deranged state.
1967
49009Corporal Cosmas, 43721, First Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles).Killed in action by a gunshot wound in a contact.
1967
39165Lance Corporal Cosmos Mushare, R43721, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 26.Killed in action, contact during Op Nickel, Northern Matabeleland. His platoon were getting ready to spend the night near a terrorist camp when they were fired on. PO Spencer Thomas of the BSAP was killed in at the same time.
1967
38807Patrol Officer Spencer Thomas Morgan Thomas, 7009, Dog Section (British South Africa Police), aged 23.Killed in action, gunshot wound, in the Tjolotjo District.
1969
37123Constable Willem Petrus Phasha, 143047, Northern Cape, aged 21.Accidentally killed, shot.
1971
35071Constable Joel, 143680, 76 Dist (Durban / Pine Town) P/Ntl Div.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1971
38060Sergeant Van Noordwyk, 41833, 40 Dist (Krugersdorp) Tvl Div.KOAS - motor vehicle accident while on COIN duty in Kavango, South West Africa.
1974
29313Gunner Joseph Spedding Baggott, 71310093, Artillery School (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 17.Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident, together with 2 other soldiers, on the Johannesburg - Potchefstroom road. Head on collision with another vehicle while overtaking. He was on a weekend pass.
1974
48625Gunner Joseph Spedding Baggott, 71310093BA, School of Artillery (South African Artillery), aged 18.Killed in a head-on collision on the Potchefstroom-Johannesburg road while overtaking another vehicle, in a private motor vehicle accident while on weekend pass.
1974
30219Gunner Gregory Gordon Ellis, 71466437, Artillery School (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 19.Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident, together with 2 other soldiers, on the Johannesburg - Potchefstroom road. Head on collision with another vehicle while overtaking. He was on a weekend pass.
1974
48627Gunner Gregory Gordon Ellis, 71466437BA, School of Artillery (South African Artillery), aged 19.Killed in a head-on collision on the Potchefstroom-Johannesburg road while overtaking another vehicle, in a private motor vehicle accident while on weekend pass.
1974
31419Lance Bombardier Michael David Loxton, 72261175, Artillery School (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 18.Died in Private Motor Vehicle Accident, together with 2 other soldiers, on the Johannesburg - Potchefstroom road. Head on collision with another vehicle while overtaking. He was on a weekend pass.
1974
48624Lance Bombardier Michael David Loxton, 72261175BA, School of Artillery (South African Artillery), aged 18.Killed in a head-on collision on the Potchefstroom-Johannesburg road while overtaking another vehicle, in a private motor vehicle accident while on weekend pass.
1974
40202Rifleman Michael Plant, PR79508, 3 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 21.Died of wounds, received in a landmine explosion on the Bveke - Mukumbura loop road, Kandeya Tribal Trust Lands, Mt Darwin, Op Hurricane. He died the following day from wounds in the Salisbury Central Hospital.
1974
33719Colonel Sybrand Johannes Vermeulen, 01222249, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Air Force (Corps)), aged 40.Died of heart attack, at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria.
1974
48628Colonel Sybrand Johannes Vermeulen, 01222249E, Air Force Headquarters (South African Air Force), aged 40.Died of a heart attack, at 1 Military Hospital.
1976
31097Rifleman Reinhard Walter Klingenberg, 74761610BC, 1 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 19.Died in Private Vehicle Accident, at Three Sisters.
1976
32445Staff Sergeant First Name Unknown Paulo, 75014399PN, 1 Reconnaissance Regiment, aged 26.Died in Shooting Incident, accident, during operations.
1976
32757Staff Sergeant Francisco Daniel Roxo (Paulo), 75014399N, 1 Reconnaissance Commando, aged 43.During a patrol near the Okavango river, his Wolf hit a landmine and was tipped over, killing one man and crushing Roxo beneath it. The rest of the crew tried to lift it free, but it was too heavy. Danny Roxo, in keeping with his dauntless character, decided to make the best of things, lighting a cigarette and smoking it calmly until it was finished, then he died - still pinned beneath the Wolf. He had not complained once, nor uttered a single groan or moan, although the pain must have been excruciating.
1976
33044Sergeant Ponciano Gomes Silva Soeiro, 75014431PN, 1 Reconnaissance Commando, aged 35.During a patrol near the Okavango river, a Wolf hit a landmine and was tipped over, killing Sgt P.G. Soeiro and crushing S/Sgt D. Roxo beneath it. The rest of the crew tried to lift it free, but it was too heavy, and he too subsequently died.
1977
40151Corporal Gary Arthur O'Driscoll, 726518, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 20.Killed in action.
1977
40313Rifleman Lawrence R Shakespeare, 2 Independent Company (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 23.Died of wounds, burn wounds received in a landmine explosion.
1977
49122Trooper G. Turkington, 27613, 1 Commando, First Battalion (Rhodesia) (Rhodesian Light Infantry).Killed in action, 18 August 1977 (RLI ROH states 16 August, not 18th).
1978
29444Trooper Kevin John Biggs, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Armoured Corps (Corps)), aged 18.Killed in action, during the early hours of the morning when the bungalow in which they were sleeping at Katima Mulilo received a direct hit from a Soviet GRAD-P 122mm High Explosive Katyusha Rocket. SWAPO/PLAN insurgents operating from Zambia fired 20 x 122mm GRAD-P Katyusha Rockets into the town. 18 rockets exploded harmlessly in the veld, one struck a school in the Katima Mulilo Township and the other demolished the Bungalow in which the soldiers were sleeping.
1978
48626Trooper Kevin John Biggs, 76253871BG, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Armoured Corps (Corps)), aged 18.Killed in action, during the early hours of the morning when the bungalow in which they were sleeping at Katima Mulilo received a direct hit from a Soviet GRAD-P 122mm High Explosive Katyusha Rocket. SWAPO/PLAN insurgents operating from Zambia fired 20 x 122mm GRAD-P Katyusha Rockets into the town. 18 rockets exploded harmlessly in the veld, one struck a school in the Katima Mulilo Township and the other demolished the Bungalow in which the soldiers were sleeping.
1978
29609Private Willem Hendrik Christoffel Britz, 73399941BG, Training Depot (South African Medical Corps (Corps)), aged 20.Killed in action, during the early hours of the morning when the bungalow in which they were sleeping at Katima Mulilo received a direct hit from a Soviet GRAD-P 122mm High Explosive Katyusha Rocket. SWAPO/PLAN insurgents operating from Zambia fired 20 x 122mm GRAD-P Katyusha Rockets into the town. 18 rockets exploded harmlessly in the veld, one struck a school in the Katima Mulilo Township and the other demolished the Bungalow in which the soldiers were sleeping.
1978
30000Trooper Hendrik Willem De Lange, 76418193BG, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Armoured Corps (Corps)), aged 18.Killed in action, during the early hours of the morning when the bungalow in which they were sleeping at Katima Mulilo received a direct hit from a Soviet GRAD-P 122mm High Explosive Katyusha Rocket. SWAPO/PLAN insurgents operating from Zambia fired 20 x 122mm GRAD-P Katyusha Rockets into the town. 18 rockets exploded harmlessly in the veld, one struck a school in the Katima Mulilo Township and the other demolished the Bungalow in which the soldiers were sleeping.
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