On This Day

On This Day — 24 December

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899

45264Burgher Petrus Coenraad Potgieter, Potchefstroom (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Jacobsdal Hosp.

1900

47854Burgher Johannes Marthinus Booysen, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 20. Died of meningitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1900

43505Burgher Bronkhorst, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Palmietfontein.

1900

47146Burgher Stefanus Johannes Bronkhorst, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Modderkuil(East of Grootvlei).

1900

43501Burgher Brouwer, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Stofpan, Hopetown.

1900

47856Burgher Jacobus Frederik Greyling, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 25. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1900

47853Burgher Jacobus Louw Greyling, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 23. Died of peritonitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1900

47855Burgher Jacobus Hugo, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 44. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1900

44623Burgher Hendrik Andries Truter, Harrismith Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Sprinkaansnek.

1900

47852Burgher Johannes Jacobus Van Biljon, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 39. Died of diarrhoea while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1901

46774Burgher J.a. Sr De Waal, Middelburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 52. Killed in action, Bosmanlaagte Middelburg.

1901

46098Burgher H.l. Jansen Van Nieuwenhuizen, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Rietvlei/Koppies.

1914

7180Private Alexander Henry Fisher, 88, Kimberley Central Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 47. Died of heart failure consequent of dysentery.

1914

17584Captain Marcus Alwynne Moses, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 27. Died of meningitis.

1915

7943Company Quartermaster Sergeant Cecil Gaynor, 1676, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of scarlet fever.

1916

1733Second Lieutenant Charles Brereton Oakley Beuttler, 94th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 27. Killed in action.

1916

1776Second Lieutenant Pieter Hendrick Schalk Bezuidenhout, 94th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 22. Killed in action, at Battle of the Somme.

1916

3553Ox Driver Enoch Cetyweyo, 14450, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mitole.

1916

4970Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur John Daniels, 13, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of malaria, at Dar es Salaam.

1916

9418Private Patrick Hassett, 705, 1st (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 41. Died of blackwater fever, at Wynberg.

1916

13316Labourer John Lemmer, 2844, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of natural causes, at Dodoma.

1916

14937Labourer Michael Mangoegape, 14536, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.

1916

15311Labourer Peter Martins, 14360, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of phthisis, at Dar Es Salaam.

1916

16650Second Lieutenant Gordon Stanley Reed Miller, 6th Bn. (Royal Sussex Regiment), aged 36. Died of wounds.

1916

17027Donkey Leader Koos Mogotsi, 15655, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1916

18863Labourer Kleinbooi Nkoane, 12403, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Tanga.

1916

24861Private Sam Holland Taylor, 435, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service). Died of diarrhoea.

1916

28609Private George Cameron Wilson, 1584, 3rd Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 17. Died at Johannesburg Hospital.

1917

2414Private William Boyd, 8143, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of wounds, received 3rd October.

1917

4742Private George Croucher, 14873, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action.

1917

4903Private Joe Dali, 17454, 33rd Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.

1917

40593Private Nobala Dyani, 1819, 1st Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 53. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, after discharge. (Discharged 9 Oct 1917).

1917

7153Second Lieutenant Ronald James Finlay, 108 Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 19. Killed whilst flying.

1917

11325Lance Corporal William Edward Johnson, 82, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces), aged 54. Died of heart failure.

1917

11772Private Or Kamwekeni Kamwekene, M/1704, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of heart failure, in German East Africa.

1917

16217Private George Deniston McNair, 5014, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

17098Private Stephanus Mokgoshe, 17025, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis.

1917

25215Lieutenant Harold Stanley Thorpe, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1917

25545Private Oriel Tsehlo, 24989, South African Native Labour Corps, aged 30. Died of nephritis uraimia.

1917

26708Wheeler Cornelius Van Der Walt, 1881, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps). Drowned, in Mooi River.

1917

27381Private Frank Vincent, 14643, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

27922Private Hugh Tarrant Webb, 8178, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.

1918

9963Sapper Charles John Hitchcock, 698, South African Signal Service. Died of enteris circulatory failure.

1918

10597Captain William Husbands, Northern Rhodesia Police, aged 31. Died on active service.

1918

12156Driver Jan Khaba, 824, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of empyema, at Johannesburg, on return to South Africa.

1918

12737Private Kundikeru, 2063, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died on active service.

1918

19690Driver John Parry, 1935, 75th Div. Ammunition Col. (South African Field Artillery). Died of pneumonia.

1934

29923Second Lieutenant Frederick William Daniel, 88327762BG, 14 Artillery Regiment (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died of injuries, head injuries, received in Aircraft Accident, Avro Avian IVM #506, which crashed 2 miles NE of Irene. A civilian passenger, Mr. Noel Holm Mare, also died in the accident.

1939

23546Private Smith, D/525, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1940

5351Sergeant Pieter Adolf De La Rey, 38903, Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, near Piet Retief, while on duty. He had been detailed to proceed to Piet Retief for picquet duty and was killed on his return.

1940

7997Private Theunis Gerhardus Geldenhuys, 181088, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Died of injuries, knocked down in a motor car accident in Sir Lowrey Road, Cape Town.

1940

18519Lance Corporal Jacobus Nicholas Nel, 175832, 2 Field Provost Coy. (South African Corps of Military Police). Died on active service.

1940

18721Lieutenant John Douglas Niblock-Stuart, 47700, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, in Hawker Fury #K5663.

1940

24275Private Gysbertus Johannes Stoltz, 123274, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 58. Died of coronary thrombosis.

1941

2589Signaller Robert Cecil Brien, 651, South African Corps of Signals, aged 41. Killed in action.

1941

3915Air Sergeant Norman Joseph Clark, 101572, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died of natural causes, at the Military Section, General Hospital, Pretoria.

1941

6379Private William Derrick Eales, 226065, 10th Armoured Car Coy. (South African Tank Corps), aged 18. Accidentally killed.

1941

7870Private Ernest Vivian Gardner, 27584, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died of wounds, whilst a POW, in Libya.

1941

9147Lance Corporal Kenneth Norman Hansen, 251861, 1st S.A. Div. Sig. Coy. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 21. Killed in action.

1941

9336Staff Sergeant Hart, C/164938, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died on active service.

1941

13068Private Andrew John Lawson, 221599, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 31. Killed in action.

1941

15041Private Phillip Mapopi, N/15830, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of alcoholic excess.

1941

16155Able Seaman Lionel William McLelland, D/JX 175777, H.M.S. Camellia (Royal Navy). Died on active service.

1941

20764Private Edward Proimos, 28718, 10 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Died of encephalitis haeorrhagica.

1941

23952Private John Stephen Stanbridge, 27354, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 31. Died of wounds.

1941

27800Private Jan Stephanus Watermeyer, 196569, 2nd Bn. (South African Police), aged 23. Killed in action.

1941

28048Sergeant Edward Cameron Welsh, 1257327, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 34. Died in Aircraft Accident, Stirling N6066, at West End Farm, Kimpston near Bedford, made a low level pass and clipped tree.

1942

16840Private Samuel Mkize, N/5092, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Accidentally killed.

1942

22645Private Abram Sehularo, N/69521, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 33. Died of toxic dematitus.

1942

23625Air Sergeant Verdun Lennox Smith, 209714, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of accidental fracture to base of skull.

1943

30Private Herbert Abingwena, N/62393, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died of stab wounds.

1943

986Corporal Frederick James Ball, 202048V, 2nd Bn. (1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces). Died of natural causes, on active service.

1943

1070Private Robert Burns Barbour, 28048, 11th Bn. Reserve Bde. (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 30. Died of accidental gun shot wound to the chest.

1943

2856Air Mechanic William Browne, 305415, South African Air Force, aged 17. Accidentally killed.

1943

9890Air Mechanic John Anthony Miles Hill, 579337, South African Air Force, aged 20. Died of lung abscess.

1943

19668Staff Nurse Betty Ashley Parkes, 90902V, South African Military Nursing Service, aged 26. Died of injuries, multiple injuries received in road accident.

1943

24594Air Mechanic Nicholaas Johannes Bernardus Swart, 543813V, South African Air Force, aged 29. Died of fractured skull.

1943

27855Private James Peter Watson, 702395, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 61. Died on active service.

1944

3188Private Kachiwa Bwalya, NRA/669, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1944

14444Private Jim Mafa, N/9819, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1944

16828Private Elijah Mkatywa, N/51349, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of fractured skull.

1944

22442Corporal Leslie George Schonegevel, 242042V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 27. Killed in action, by mortar fire in the Gardelletta area, Italy.

1945

980Air Woman Balfour, F/264627V, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 38. Died on active service.

1945

9225Sergeant Karel Harmse, C/300931, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1945

14593Private Maho John Maja, N/9819, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1946

9711Corporal Gerhardus Johannes Henning, 144029, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44. Died on active service.

1946

12213Lance Corporal Wilhelm Kilian, 215180V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 23. Died on active service.

1963

34152Detective Sergeant Andries Jacobus Botha, 25177, 37 Dist (Heidelberg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 34. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1971

36707Constable Willem Marthinus Ncamane, S158350M, 37 Dist (Heidelberg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 20. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1975

34133Police Officer David Petrus Bosch, 460437-7, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 17. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.

1975

34283Constable Gavin Mark Cattigan, A137480T, Port Natal Division (South African Police), aged 23. Died in Police Vehicle Accident, on duty.

1976

29297Rifleman Philip Lindsay Backhouse, 73570574BC, 16 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Pretoria, motorcycle accident corner of Bosman & Church Streets.

1976

38362Field Reservist David Patrick Bashford, 22650, Special Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 30. Died of injuries, following a road traffic accident.

1976

38363Field Reservist Arnold Bathurst, 7456, Special Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 34. Died of injuries, following a road traffic accident, in Karoi (Op Hurricane).

1976

38945Private Daniel Bezuidenhout, 129386, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 18. Died on active service.

1976

33488Rifleman Hermanus Jakobus Van Der Westhuizen, 74252131BN, 13 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Letaba Training Area.

1977

39166Lieutenant Paul Martin Courtney, 781130, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, Op Thrasher area. Shot and killed during a frontal attack on a cave holding CTs.

1977

39296Private Jonathan Russell Eeson, 123253, H.Q. Protection Coy. (Rhodesian Defence Regiment), aged 17. Died of injuries, received in vehicle accident the previous day.

1978

30004Sergeant Abrie Pieter De Man, 74324062PF, 2 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in 2 Military Area.

1978

41261Constable Zabron Tembo, 24384, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 24. Died on active service.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 24 December

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1899 45264 — Burgher Petrus Coenraad Potgieter, Potchefstroom (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Jacobsdal Hosp.

- 1900 47854 — Burgher Johannes Marthinus Booysen, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 20. Died of meningitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1900 43505 — Burgher Bronkhorst, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Palmietfontein.

- 1900 47146 — Burgher Stefanus Johannes Bronkhorst, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Modderkuil(East of Grootvlei).

- 1900 43501 — Burgher Brouwer, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Stofpan, Hopetown.

- 1900 47856 — Burgher Jacobus Frederik Greyling, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 25. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1900 47853 — Burgher Jacobus Louw Greyling, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 23. Died of peritonitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1900 47855 — Burgher Jacobus Hugo, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 44. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1900 44623 — Burgher Hendrik Andries Truter, Harrismith Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Sprinkaansnek.

- 1900 47852 — Burgher Johannes Jacobus Van Biljon, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 39. Died of diarrhoea while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1901 46774 — Burgher J.a. Sr De Waal, Middelburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 52. Killed in action, Bosmanlaagte Middelburg.

- 1901 46098 — Burgher H.l. Jansen Van Nieuwenhuizen, Heidelberg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Rietvlei/Koppies.

- 1914 7180 — Private Alexander Henry Fisher, 88, Kimberley Central Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 47. Died of heart failure consequent of dysentery.

- 1914 17584 — Captain Marcus Alwynne Moses, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 27. Died of meningitis.

- 1915 7943 — Company Quartermaster Sergeant Cecil Gaynor, 1676, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of scarlet fever.

- 1916 1733 — Second Lieutenant Charles Brereton Oakley Beuttler, 94th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 27. Killed in action.

- 1916 1776 — Second Lieutenant Pieter Hendrick Schalk Bezuidenhout, 94th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 22. Killed in action, at Battle of the Somme.

- 1916 3553 — Ox Driver Enoch Cetyweyo, 14450, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mitole.

- 1916 4970 — Quartermaster Sergeant Arthur John Daniels, 13, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of malaria, at Dar es Salaam.

- 1916 9418 — Private Patrick Hassett, 705, 1st (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 41. Died of blackwater fever, at Wynberg.

- 1916 13316 — Labourer John Lemmer, 2844, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of natural causes, at Dodoma.

- 1916 14937 — Labourer Michael Mangoegape, 14536, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.

- 1916 15311 — Labourer Peter Martins, 14360, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of phthisis, at Dar Es Salaam.

- 1916 16650 — Second Lieutenant Gordon Stanley Reed Miller, 6th Bn. (Royal Sussex Regiment), aged 36. Died of wounds.

- 1916 17027 — Donkey Leader Koos Mogotsi, 15655, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1916 18863 — Labourer Kleinbooi Nkoane, 12403, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Tanga.

- 1916 24861 — Private Sam Holland Taylor, 435, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service). Died of diarrhoea.

- 1916 28609 — Private George Cameron Wilson, 1584, 3rd Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 17. Died at Johannesburg Hospital.

- 1917 2414 — Private William Boyd, 8143, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of wounds, received 3rd October.

- 1917 4742 — Private George Croucher, 14873, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 34. Killed in action.

- 1917 4903 — Private Joe Dali, 17454, 33rd Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis.

- 1917 40593 — Private Nobala Dyani, 1819, 1st Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 53. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, after discharge. (Discharged 9 Oct 1917).

- 1917 7153 — Second Lieutenant Ronald James Finlay, 108 Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 19. Killed whilst flying.

- 1917 11325 — Lance Corporal William Edward Johnson, 82, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces), aged 54. Died of heart failure.

- 1917 11772 — Private Or Kamwekeni Kamwekene, M/1704, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of heart failure, in German East Africa.

- 1917 16217 — Private George Deniston McNair, 5014, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 17098 — Private Stephanus Mokgoshe, 17025, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1917 25215 — Lieutenant Harold Stanley Thorpe, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1917 25545 — Private Oriel Tsehlo, 24989, South African Native Labour Corps, aged 30. Died of nephritis uraimia.

- 1917 26708 — Wheeler Cornelius Van Der Walt, 1881, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps). Drowned, in Mooi River.

- 1917 27381 — Private Frank Vincent, 14643, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 27922 — Private Hugh Tarrant Webb, 8178, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.

- 1918 9963 — Sapper Charles John Hitchcock, 698, South African Signal Service. Died of enteris circulatory failure.

- 1918 10597 — Captain William Husbands, Northern Rhodesia Police, aged 31. Died on active service.

- 1918 12156 — Driver Jan Khaba, 824, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of empyema, at Johannesburg, on return to South Africa.

- 1918 12737 — Private Kundikeru, 2063, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died on active service.

- 1918 19690 — Driver John Parry, 1935, 75th Div. Ammunition Col. (South African Field Artillery). Died of pneumonia.

- 1934 29923 — Second Lieutenant Frederick William Daniel, 88327762BG, 14 Artillery Regiment (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died of injuries, head injuries, received in Aircraft Accident, Avro Avian IVM #506, which crashed 2 miles NE of Irene. A civilian passenger, Mr. Noel Holm Mare, also died in the accident.

- 1939 23546 — Private Smith, D/525, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1940 5351 — Sergeant Pieter Adolf De La Rey, 38903, Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, near Piet Retief, while on duty. He had been detailed to proceed to Piet Retief for picquet duty and was killed on his return.

- 1940 7997 — Private Theunis Gerhardus Geldenhuys, 181088, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Died of injuries, knocked down in a motor car accident in Sir Lowrey Road, Cape Town.

- 1940 18519 — Lance Corporal Jacobus Nicholas Nel, 175832, 2 Field Provost Coy. (South African Corps of Military Police). Died on active service.

- 1940 18721 — Lieutenant John Douglas Niblock-Stuart, 47700, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, in Hawker Fury #K5663.

- 1940 24275 — Private Gysbertus Johannes Stoltz, 123274, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 58. Died of coronary thrombosis.

- 1941 2589 — Signaller Robert Cecil Brien, 651, South African Corps of Signals, aged 41. Killed in action.

- 1941 3915 — Air Sergeant Norman Joseph Clark, 101572, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died of natural causes, at the Military Section, General Hospital, Pretoria.

- 1941 6379 — Private William Derrick Eales, 226065, 10th Armoured Car Coy. (South African Tank Corps), aged 18. Accidentally killed.

- 1941 7870 — Private Ernest Vivian Gardner, 27584, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died of wounds, whilst a POW, in Libya.

- 1941 9147 — Lance Corporal Kenneth Norman Hansen, 251861, 1st S.A. Div. Sig. Coy. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1941 9336 — Staff Sergeant Hart, C/164938, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died on active service.

- 1941 13068 — Private Andrew John Lawson, 221599, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 31. Killed in action.

- 1941 15041 — Private Phillip Mapopi, N/15830, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of alcoholic excess.

- 1941 16155 — Able Seaman Lionel William McLelland, D/JX 175777, H.M.S. Camellia (Royal Navy). Died on active service.

- 1941 20764 — Private Edward Proimos, 28718, 10 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Died of encephalitis haeorrhagica.

- 1941 23952 — Private John Stephen Stanbridge, 27354, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 31. Died of wounds.

- 1941 27800 — Private Jan Stephanus Watermeyer, 196569, 2nd Bn. (South African Police), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1941 28048 — Sergeant Edward Cameron Welsh, 1257327, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 34. Died in Aircraft Accident, Stirling N6066, at West End Farm, Kimpston near Bedford, made a low level pass and clipped tree.

- 1942 16840 — Private Samuel Mkize, N/5092, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Accidentally killed.

- 1942 22645 — Private Abram Sehularo, N/69521, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 33. Died of toxic dematitus.

- 1942 23625 — Air Sergeant Verdun Lennox Smith, 209714, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of accidental fracture to base of skull.

- 1943 30 — Private Herbert Abingwena, N/62393, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died of stab wounds.

- 1943 986 — Corporal Frederick James Ball, 202048V, 2nd Bn. (1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces). Died of natural causes, on active service.

- 1943 1070 — Private Robert Burns Barbour, 28048, 11th Bn. Reserve Bde. (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 30. Died of accidental gun shot wound to the chest.

- 1943 2856 — Air Mechanic William Browne, 305415, South African Air Force, aged 17. Accidentally killed.

- 1943 9890 — Air Mechanic John Anthony Miles Hill, 579337, South African Air Force, aged 20. Died of lung abscess.

- 1943 19668 — Staff Nurse Betty Ashley Parkes, 90902V, South African Military Nursing Service, aged 26. Died of injuries, multiple injuries received in road accident.

- 1943 24594 — Air Mechanic Nicholaas Johannes Bernardus Swart, 543813V, South African Air Force, aged 29. Died of fractured skull.

- 1943 27855 — Private James Peter Watson, 702395, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 61. Died on active service.

- 1944 3188 — Private Kachiwa Bwalya, NRA/669, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1944 14444 — Private Jim Mafa, N/9819, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1944 16828 — Private Elijah Mkatywa, N/51349, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of fractured skull.

- 1944 22442 — Corporal Leslie George Schonegevel, 242042V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 27. Killed in action, by mortar fire in the Gardelletta area, Italy.

- 1945 980 — Air Woman Balfour, F/264627V, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1945 9225 — Sergeant Karel Harmse, C/300931, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1945 14593 — Private Maho John Maja, N/9819, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1946 9711 — Corporal Gerhardus Johannes Henning, 144029, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44. Died on active service.

- 1946 12213 — Lance Corporal Wilhelm Kilian, 215180V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 23. Died on active service.

- 1963 34152 — Detective Sergeant Andries Jacobus Botha, 25177, 37 Dist (Heidelberg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 34. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1971 36707 — Constable Willem Marthinus Ncamane, S158350M, 37 Dist (Heidelberg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 20. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1975 34133 — Police Officer David Petrus Bosch, 460437-7, 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div (South African Police), aged 17. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1975 34283 — Constable Gavin Mark Cattigan, A137480T, Port Natal Division (South African Police), aged 23. Died in Police Vehicle Accident, on duty.

- 1976 29297 — Rifleman Philip Lindsay Backhouse, 73570574BC, 16 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Pretoria, motorcycle accident corner of Bosman & Church Streets.

- 1976 38362 — Field Reservist David Patrick Bashford, 22650, Special Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 30. Died of injuries, following a road traffic accident.

- 1976 38363 — Field Reservist Arnold Bathurst, 7456, Special Reserve (British South Africa Police), aged 34. Died of injuries, following a road traffic accident, in Karoi (Op Hurricane).

- 1976 38945 — Private Daniel Bezuidenhout, 129386, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 18. Died on active service.

- 1976 33488 — Rifleman Hermanus Jakobus Van Der Westhuizen, 74252131BN, 13 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Letaba Training Area.

- 1977 39166 — Lieutenant Paul Martin Courtney, 781130, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, Op Thrasher area. Shot and killed during a frontal attack on a cave holding CTs.

- 1977 39296 — Private Jonathan Russell Eeson, 123253, H.Q. Protection Coy. (Rhodesian Defence Regiment), aged 17. Died of injuries, received in vehicle accident the previous day.

- 1978 30004 — Sergeant Abrie Pieter De Man, 74324062PF, 2 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in 2 Military Area.

- 1978 41261 — Constable Zabron Tembo, 24384, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 24. Died on active service.

We will remember them.

Showing 1–100 of 119 records. The copy button copies this page only.

ON THIS DAY

24 December

On This Day — 24 December

Deaths on 24 December by Year