47261Burgher Jacobus Christoffel Botha, Boer Forces.Killed in action, Kalkkrans.
1902
48359Burgher Marthinus Frederik Brtiz, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 25.Died of unknown while a prisoner of war, Hospitals Woodstock, Wynberg and on board ships in harbour.
1902
48310Burgher Matthys Jacobus Buitendag, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 52.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1902
47106Burgher Schalk Daniel Jacobus Buys, Lichtenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24.Killed in action, Ysterspruit.
1902
46654Burgher Hendrik Johannes Michiel Du Preez, Krugersdorp (Boer Forces).Killed in action, Yzerspruit, Klerksdorp.
1902
43609Burgher Gericke, Boer Forces, aged 55.Killed in action, Kalkkrans.
4121Private Charles Frederick Coetzee, 370, 11th Infantry (Rand Light Infantry), S.A. Forces.Died of wounds, received at Garub.
1915
8483Burgher Johannes Stefanus Hendrik Gouws, 42, Ermelo Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces).Died of pneumonia, on board Hospital ship "Ebani".
1915
19435Corporal Edward Ord, South African Ordnance Corps.Died of heart disease.
1916
3351Private Charles Victor Francis Carapata, 4062, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42.Killed in action, at Agagir, Egypt.
1916
4258Private Arthur Herbert Inglis Collier, 1099, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17.Died of wounds, received at Mersa Matruh, on 23rd January.
1916
8567Private Birt Adriaan Grant, 5980, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of enteric fever.
1916
20194Second Lieutenant John Philpot, 253rd Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 30.Died of gas poisoning. The poison gas had penetrated a mine in the trenches, and several of its occupants were overcome by it. Mr. Philpot insisted on going into the mine to take his part in trying to rescue the sufferers; but he was soon in the same condition as the others, and expired before the rescue party could reach him.
1916
23201Private James Sinclair, A/76, British South African Police.Drowned whilst crossing a flooded river.
1917
40208Second Lieutenant Daniel Cottle-Green, 103738, 22nd Bn. (London Regiment), aged 21.Killed in action, bullet to the head, during action across the Tigris. Having only joined his unit the day before.
1917
8831Andries Groenewald, 7821, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died after discharge, at Johannesburg.
1917
14169Ox Driver William Mabuka, 12764, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of unknown causes, at Dar Es Salaam.
1917
15376Labourer David Masi, 1316, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of epilepsy, at Dar Es Salaam.
1917
15554Labourer William Matnse, 12744, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died on active service.
1917
20256Private Philippus Jacobus Pienaar, 14582, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21.Died of malaria, as a POW.
1917
21123Pack Leader Solomon Rapitse, 16272, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of malaria and diarrhoea, at Zomba.
1917
27427Private Barend Christoffel Visser, 14228, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28.Died of malaria.
1917
28741Private Samuel Wolbarst, 12065, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of malaria, at sea, on H.S "Ebani".
1918
11792Private Jan Kangana, 17114, 29th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
12354Corporal John Kivett, 6021, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 19.Died of malaria, at Zomba.
1918
17574Private Bob Mhlasani, 6569, 30th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of myelitis, at No. 7 General Hospital, Woodstock.
1919
18761Private John Nicholson, 12625, 2nd Infantry Brigade Depot (South African Infantry).Died of bronchial pneumonia.
1923
31768Staff Sergeant John Charles McElwee, 2081, HMS Seahawk (South African Medical Corps), aged 22.Died of tuberculosis, at Roberts Heights Hospital.
1941
7400Private Mannie Fortuin, M/11352, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1941
11813Gunner Lionel Kaplan, 104786, 1 A.A. Bde. (South African Artillery), aged 31.Died on active service.
1941
21577Private Frank Clifford Roberts, D/1729, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 53.Died of renal failure and pulmonary tuberculosis.
1942
1477Private Bekeer, C/287975, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25.Died on active service.
1942
1720Pupil Pilot Corrie L Beukes, 212103, 5 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19.Killed in aircraft accident, air collision with #2163 over Witbank, in De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2172.
1942
5908Able Seaman Frank Bernard Dore, 67218, H.M.S. President III (South African Naval Forces), aged 30.Lost in S.S. La Carriere.
1942
13992Pupil Pilot Alfred Cyril Lucas, 206878, 5 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 27.Killed in aircraft accident, air collision with #2172 over Witbank, in De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2163.
1943
9798Pilot Officer James Cecil William Hewetson, 80457, 39 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22.Killed in action, went down with his aircraft after ditching, the rest of the crew survived to become POWs.
1943
15626Private Peter Matthews, C/301755, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36.Died of coronary sclerosis thrombosis.
1943
18205Private Katula Mwamali, NRA/15396, Northern Rhodesia Regiment.Died on active service.
1944
1513Warrant Officer Class II Ronald Bruce Bell, 542301V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21.Killed in action, shot down by Fw190s off Leros, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB491.
1944
2560Trooper Anthony Edward Brett, 589564V, South African Tank Corps, aged 31.Died of cyanide poisoning.
1944
5453Warrant Officer Class I Gert Louis De Waal, 577995V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, shot down by Fw190s off Leros, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB491.
1944
12309Corporal Frank William Kircher, 700465, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1944
12844Lieutenant Aubrey Edward Lallyett, 329027V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Killed in action, shot down by Fw190s off Leros, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB491.
1944
14051Warrant Officer Class I Lionel Lurie, 336390V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Killed in action, shot down by Fw190s off Leros, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB491.
1944
15896Lieutenant (E) William Joseph McCullagh, H.M.S. Mahratta (Royal Navy), aged 41.Killed in action, while escorting convoy JW-57 to Russia, was struck by two T5 Gnat torpedoes fired by U-990, off the coast of Norway, some 200 miles off Nordkapp. Only 16 of the 236 crew survived. A Catalina aircraft of 210 Squadron attacked and sank U-601 which was trailing the convoy. Although Mahratta was lost, the convoy was a success. It was the largest convoy ever sent to Russia.
1944
16611Labourer Mikayere, 3622, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps.Died on active service.
1944
20499Private Anthony Xavier Poovan, M/15054, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22.Died on active service.
1944
21400Captain Frank Ribbink, P/202946V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Killed in action, shot down by Fw190s off Leros, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB491.
1944
24191Aircraftman 2nd Class Ruffel John Stewart, 1283197, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 40.Died of broncho pneumonia.
1944
26508Lieutenant Louis Van Bergen, 329050V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Killed in action, shot down by Fw190s off Leros, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB491.
1945
895Lieutenant John William Bailey, 542869V, 450 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23.Killed in action.
1945
1543Lieutenant Marco Benatar, 297380, General List, aged 33.Died on active service.
1945
3938Warrant Officer Kevin James Clarke, 778450, 98 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 27.Killed in action, Mitchell III HD390, target Rees, Germany. Crashed Noord-Brabant province, near Drongelen in canal the Bergsche Maas.
1945
6606Private Wilhelmus Christoffel Els, 43780, South African Medical Corps.Died whilst a POW.
1945
9925Major Harry Geoffrey Hilton-Barber, 103945V, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Killed in action, hit house attacking MT 6 miles North of Bondeno, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IX #PT495.
1945
9941Lieutenant Lewis Hingle, 580805V, 5 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19.Killed in action, in North American P-51 Mk III Mustang #KH800.
1945
24518Flying Officer Peter Warren Sutton, 160253, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20.Killed in ation, armed recce, crashed into sea.
1946
1061Sub-Lieutenant Benjamin William Rhodes Barber, 66444, H.M.S. Copra (South African Naval Forces), aged 31.Died on active service.
1946
15059Air Corporal Marais, F/263966, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 38.Died on active service.
1951
37950Detective Constable Theophilus Van Den Berg, 27277, Paarl (South African Police), aged 21.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1952
41472Warrant Officer Class I Andries Petrus Gerderand Van Der Walt, P/2733, H.M.S. Neptune (South African Service Corps), aged 47.Died of congestive cardiac failure, at No. 1 Military Hospital.
1962
37254Constable Jacques Raboteng, 145519, 8 Dist (Malmesbury) CW Div (South African Police), aged 31.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1978
40064Dip Supervisor Musa Ndlovu, 661145, African Development Fund (Internal Affairs), aged 21.Murdered by terrorists.
1979
40720Field Reservist Robert Leslie Griffiths, 22403A, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 25.Killed in action, from wounds received in the Salisbury Prov Area.
29895Staff Sergeant Almerindo Mourao Da Costa, 75014688PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (1 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 35.Killed in action, officially reported missing during a Special Forces undercover operation at an undisclosed destination after his team walked into an enemy ambush while en-route to destroy a designated enemy target. It is, however, suspected that he actually died in a clandestine operation in Gwelo, Rhodesia, while attempting to use mines to blow up the Mambo Press offices. The mine detonated prematurely and there was nothing to recover from his body. He was a former member of the Portuguese FLECHAS, an elite unit of the DGS in Angola. He has no known grave and remains unaccounted for.
1981
33593Rifleman Cornelius Tobias Van Schalkwyk, 78204567BG, Equestrian Centre (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18.Died of malaria, contracted during an operation in Angola, at Oshikati.
1982
30798Sergeant Nicolaas Christiaan Izumbu, 76926542SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 21.Died in a private motor vehicle accident.
1986
29818Cpowea Michael John Collier, D144362Q, HMS Glasgow (Royal Navy), aged 28.Died on active service.
1986
30148Captain Brian Du Preez, 74533761PE, 116 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 27.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Messina, motorcycle accident.
1987
36380Sergeant Christiaan Petrus Momberg, W404222W, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 23.Died of wounds, critically wounded in the head during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland on 23 February 1987, during Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet. He was evacuated to Eenhana where he later lapsed into a coma prior to being evacuated to 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria. He remained on life support until declared brain dead on 25 February 1987.
1988
30684Bombardier Clinton Hendricks, 84385459BG, 10 Anti Aircraft Regiment (South African Artillery), aged 19.Killed in action, contact with insurgents in South Eastern Angola, near Cuito, during Operation Hooper. He was operating with 61 Mechanized Battalion Group SAM-7 Anti-Aircraft team. Just as he was exiting the vehicle to engage Angolan Air Force MIG aircraft with a SAM-7, an enemy 82mm mortar bomb exploded next to his Ratel IFV, killing him instantly.
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