On This Day

On This Day — 25 March

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

48558Burgher Hendrik Erasmus, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 26. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

1900

48551Burgher Gysbert Johannes Joubert, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 26. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

1900

48428Burgher Hercules Philippus Smit, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

48336Burgher Hendrik L Viljoen, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces). Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Hospitals Woodstock, Wynberg and on board ships in harbour.

1901

43510Burgher Breytenbach, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Frederikstad.

1902

45402Burgher Nicolaas T. Oosthuizen, Vrede Commando (Boer Forces), aged 57. Killed in action, Brakspruit, Vrede.

1902

44665Burgher C.a.c. Swart, Vermaas Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Klerksdorp Hosp.

1902

44227Burgher Jacobus J (E) Van Rooyen, Boer Forces, aged 27. Killed in action, Hosp Deelfontein.

1915

15412Private Frank Mason, 15910, 2nd Bn. (Royal Scots Fusiliers). Killed in action.

1916

1162Private Robert Norman Barnes, 371, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of dysentery.

1916

22886Sergeant Matthew Shaw, 9173, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of dysentery jaundice and cardiac failure.

1916

26811Private Marthinus Van Harte, 1081, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 27. Died of malaria, at Moshi.

1916

27530Private Henry Joseph Patrick Wade, 3201, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

238Driver Sam Agosi, 17695, Military Labour Corps. Died of malaria, at Kilwa.

1917

2275Donkey Driver Rooi Jan Botha, 15667, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

3166Private George Peter Button, 7931, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of acute nephritis.

1917

4356Private Francis Julian Connolly, 6068, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of blackwater fever.

1917

5747Donkey Driver Freddie Dinababa, 15421, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

9632Captain Eric Joseph Henderson, 70th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 19. Killed in action, flying on Sopwith Strutter as Pilot. In reconnaissance patrol over the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai with several aircrafts of the Squadron. Shot down during a combat against nine enemy aircraft. Five Sopwith Strutter of the Squadron were destroyed (five sustained the same fate the day before).

1917

12235Donkey Driver David King, 17491, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

12361Donkey Leader William Klaas, 17455, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Kilwa.

1917

13429Labourer Malgas Letlamorago Or Tettamorjo, 11154, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Dar Es Salaam.

1917

13343Conductor Carel Albertus Leonard, T/3715, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps). Died of dysentery, at Morogoro.

1917

40791Native Driver William Louw, 24, 12th Citizen Bty. (South African Field Artillery), aged 40. Died of malaria.

1917

15046Labourer Solomon Mapwunwetsh Or Mapwuwetshu, 11101, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of blackwater fever, at Dar Es Salaam.

1917

14837Labourer Solomon Maluko, 17547, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

1917

15662Donkey Loader Tutu Mavengana, 16974, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

16971Labourer John Moeng, 15257, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died at Kilwa.

1917

18080Private William Hayworth Murgatroyd, 2573, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.

1917

18270Ox Driver Jim Mzikela, 18192, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

18914Driver Jim Nogos, 17947, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

19048Leader Jim Nthia, 5501, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Mohoro.

1917

23071Labourer Banga Siganga, 476, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 25. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

1918

6570Captain Vere Arthur Edmonstone Elliott, 165th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action.

1918

7553Private Norman Francois, 11269, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

7798Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Fynn, 4th Bn. (Bedfordshire Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action.

1918

8306Private Thomas Arthur Golby, 16365, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

8690Lieutenant Rupert Anthony Green, 23rd Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 34. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

8761Private Aubrey Hamilton McGee Grier, 15904, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.

1918

10805Captain Theophilus Rudolph Jackson, 7th Bn. (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry), aged 41. Died of wounds.

1918

12515Private Henry Andrew George Kohling, 6507, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Missing in action, in Marrieres Wood.

1918

13802Sergeant Edward William Londt, 767, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

16687Private William George Miller, 1794, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

20888Private Richard Lester Quirk, 7832, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action.

1918

21865Private David Schalk Ulundi Ross, 11322, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 14. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

1918

22412Private Abraham Jacobus Schoeman, 18, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

22982Private Madume Shipape, 10189, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.

1918

23837Private Henry Spedding, 16930, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, at East Ferme L'Hospital.

1918

24411Lieutenant Karl Edwin Stuart, 2nd Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 27. Killed in action.

1918

25727Lance Sergeant Albert Edward Underwood, 9790, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of wounds, at East Ferme L'Hospital.

1918

27460Private Louis Voges, 8403, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing in action, in Marrieres Wood.

1918

28333Private James Simmonds Wilkins, 15023, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, whilst a POW, received in Flanders on 24th March.

1918

28570Lieutenant Paul Dominic Wilmot, 3rd Bn. (Royal Sussex Regiment). Killed in action.

1919

4464Gunner Percy John Cooper, 1800, South African Field Artillery, aged 26. Died of smallpox.

1919

6620Corporal Harold Abraham Emery, S/2006, Supplies (South African Service Corps), aged 22. Died of cerebral malaria.

1928

35842Constable John Thomas Marshall, 158676-9, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 47. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1936

31076Second Lieutenant John Rodwell King, 79496725BG, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 29. Died in Aircraft Accident, near Gwelo.

1937

38015Sergeant Michiel Burger Petrus Van Dyk, 0438099-1, Middleburg, Cape Province (South African Police), aged 45. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1941

3555Private Frans Sonti Chaane, N/7676, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of myocarditis.

1941

9148Able Seaman Leonard Hansen, S.S. Uranienborg (Merchant Navy), aged 24. Presumed drowned, at Alexandra Dock, Hull.

1941

27677Rifleman Frank John Walters, 145967, 1st (Mounted Regiment, S.A. Forces), aged 35. Died on active service.

1942

1787Sergeant Edward John Biddulph, 778574, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden P5398, near Little Rissington.

1942

4074Boatswain (Bosun) Frank Stilwell Coburn, M.V. Narragansett (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 25. Reported missing, presumed drowned.

1942

5771Fireman and Trimmer Dissel, S.S. Tredinnick (St. Ives) (Merchant Navy), aged 38. Sunk by Italian submarine Pietro Calvi.

1942

8395Fireman and Trimmer William Goodwin, S.S. Tredinnick (St. Ives) (Merchant Navy), aged 31. Sunk by Italian submarine Pietro Calvi.

1942

8733Able Seaman Stanley Dennis Gregory, D/JX 289719, H.M.S. President III (Royal Navy), aged 20. Killed in action, lost on M.V. Narragansett. At 06.09 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de grace at 06.18 hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost.

1942

14914Sapper Arthur Ernest Charles Manersberger, 85380, South African Engineer Corps, aged 23. Died in car accident.

1942

15162Sergeant Paul Markides, 778497, 83 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 21. Killed in action, Manchester R7465, shot down and crashed at Lichtaart, Belgium, during an operational flight over Essen, Germany.

1942

24991Captain Jacob J Theron, 102844, 9 Ad (South African Air Force), aged 32. Killed in aircraft accident, elevators detached on test flight after assembly, crashed 2.5 miles from Brooklyn, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3564.

1943

5003Major Alexander Whyte Darby, EC/715, Indian General Service Corps, aged 59. Died on active service.

1943

8159Private Hendrick Gilbert, C/274835, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

11502Private Michiel Jacobus Jooste, 701334, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 69. Died on active service.

1943

15631Corporal Matthews, 155245, South African Railways and Harbours Brigade. Died after discharge.

1943

23524Lieutenant Harold Fulford Smith, 205691, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, when leading nine other Spitfires over the Mareth Line into 32 enemy machines, collided with a C202, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #BR390.

1943

25693Lieutenant Andrew Fitzgerald Tyrrell, 205859, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, shot down and crashed, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB #EP303.

1944

9831Constable Hezekeli, 11123, British South African Police. Died on active service.

1944

13356Captain Hilton Angus Leppan, 26783, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 48. Died of obstruction of varicose vein, whilst a POW, in Germany.

1944

13623Private Lindholm, 106868V, 9th Bn. (1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces). Died on active service.

1944

13909Private Izak Louw, N/37141, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died on active service.

1944

16291Private Wilson Mduna, N/31112, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of bacillary dysentery.

1944

27899Private Joseph Waverley, M/15868, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

1945

3272Private Ross Cameron, 138346, attd. Kaffrarian Rifles (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Shot whilst a POW, in Germany.

1945

3670Lieutenant Roy Laurence Chegwyn, 14877V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

5277Corporal Elizabeth De Jager, W/160918, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of cerebral embolism and post operative bilateral femoral thrombosis.

1945

5283Captain Lourens Jacob De Jager, 103358V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

5825Second Lieutenant Ivan Jacque Doble, 111234V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

7989Warrant Officer Josias Nicolaas Geldenhuys, 579069V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

8955Lieutenant Abe Manfred Hacker, 543177V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, by flak, in Martin Baltimore Mk V.

1945

9669Private Jan Hendricks, C/277320, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1945

11563Private Ngona Joseph, NRA/11563, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1945

12204Lance Corporal Douglas Reginald Kietzman, 173958V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 25. Died on active service.

1945

18217Private James Mwila, NRA/16295, 7th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1945

21551Warrant Officer Jacob Robbertse, 595812V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

22371Private Willie Scheepers, C/320053V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of accidental gunshot wound, battle accident.

1945

25683Second Lieutenant Paul Maxwell Tylden-Wright, 606459V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

27261Warrant Officer Class II Willem Adriaan Jacobus Venter, 279946V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

1945

28431Private Gamiet Williams, M/13117, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died of dysentery, whilst a POW, in Germany.

1946

29118Private Ziwurawa, RHO/993, Rhodesian African Rifles. Died on active service.

1947

6862Private Kope Fabyano, NRA/22301, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1956

37630Constable Sameul Sitole, 126916, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police), aged 35. Shot by a native.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 25 March

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 48558 — Burgher Hendrik Erasmus, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 26. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

- 1900 48551 — Burgher Gysbert Johannes Joubert, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 26. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

- 1900 48428 — Burgher Hercules Philippus Smit, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 48336 — Burgher Hendrik L Viljoen, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces). Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Hospitals Woodstock, Wynberg and on board ships in harbour.

- 1901 43510 — Burgher Breytenbach, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Frederikstad.

- 1902 45402 — Burgher Nicolaas T. Oosthuizen, Vrede Commando (Boer Forces), aged 57. Killed in action, Brakspruit, Vrede.

- 1902 44665 — Burgher C.a.c. Swart, Vermaas Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Klerksdorp Hosp.

- 1902 44227 — Burgher Jacobus J (E) Van Rooyen, Boer Forces, aged 27. Killed in action, Hosp Deelfontein.

- 1915 15412 — Private Frank Mason, 15910, 2nd Bn. (Royal Scots Fusiliers). Killed in action.

- 1916 1162 — Private Robert Norman Barnes, 371, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of dysentery.

- 1916 22886 — Sergeant Matthew Shaw, 9173, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of dysentery jaundice and cardiac failure.

- 1916 26811 — Private Marthinus Van Harte, 1081, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 27. Died of malaria, at Moshi.

- 1916 27530 — Private Henry Joseph Patrick Wade, 3201, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 238 — Driver Sam Agosi, 17695, Military Labour Corps. Died of malaria, at Kilwa.

- 1917 2275 — Donkey Driver Rooi Jan Botha, 15667, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 3166 — Private George Peter Button, 7931, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of acute nephritis.

- 1917 4356 — Private Francis Julian Connolly, 6068, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 5747 — Donkey Driver Freddie Dinababa, 15421, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 9632 — Captain Eric Joseph Henderson, 70th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 19. Killed in action, flying on Sopwith Strutter as Pilot. In reconnaissance patrol over the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai with several aircrafts of the Squadron. Shot down during a combat against nine enemy aircraft. Five Sopwith Strutter of the Squadron were destroyed (five sustained the same fate the day before).

- 1917 12235 — Donkey Driver David King, 17491, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 12361 — Donkey Leader William Klaas, 17455, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Kilwa.

- 1917 13429 — Labourer Malgas Letlamorago Or Tettamorjo, 11154, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Dar Es Salaam.

- 1917 13343 — Conductor Carel Albertus Leonard, T/3715, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps). Died of dysentery, at Morogoro.

- 1917 40791 — Native Driver William Louw, 24, 12th Citizen Bty. (South African Field Artillery), aged 40. Died of malaria.

- 1917 15046 — Labourer Solomon Mapwunwetsh Or Mapwuwetshu, 11101, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of blackwater fever, at Dar Es Salaam.

- 1917 14837 — Labourer Solomon Maluko, 17547, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

- 1917 15662 — Donkey Loader Tutu Mavengana, 16974, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 16971 — Labourer John Moeng, 15257, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died at Kilwa.

- 1917 18080 — Private William Hayworth Murgatroyd, 2573, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.

- 1917 18270 — Ox Driver Jim Mzikela, 18192, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 18914 — Driver Jim Nogos, 17947, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 19048 — Leader Jim Nthia, 5501, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Mohoro.

- 1917 23071 — Labourer Banga Siganga, 476, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 25. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

- 1918 6570 — Captain Vere Arthur Edmonstone Elliott, 165th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action.

- 1918 7553 — Private Norman Francois, 11269, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 7798 — Second Lieutenant Robert Charles Fynn, 4th Bn. (Bedfordshire Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action.

- 1918 8306 — Private Thomas Arthur Golby, 16365, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 8690 — Lieutenant Rupert Anthony Green, 23rd Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 34. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 8761 — Private Aubrey Hamilton McGee Grier, 15904, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.

- 1918 10805 — Captain Theophilus Rudolph Jackson, 7th Bn. (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry), aged 41. Died of wounds.

- 1918 12515 — Private Henry Andrew George Kohling, 6507, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Missing in action, in Marrieres Wood.

- 1918 13802 — Sergeant Edward William Londt, 767, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 16687 — Private William George Miller, 1794, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 20888 — Private Richard Lester Quirk, 7832, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action.

- 1918 21865 — Private David Schalk Ulundi Ross, 11322, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 14. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

- 1918 22412 — Private Abraham Jacobus Schoeman, 18, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 22982 — Private Madume Shipape, 10189, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.

- 1918 23837 — Private Henry Spedding, 16930, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, at East Ferme L'Hospital.

- 1918 24411 — Lieutenant Karl Edwin Stuart, 2nd Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 27. Killed in action.

- 1918 25727 — Lance Sergeant Albert Edward Underwood, 9790, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of wounds, at East Ferme L'Hospital.

- 1918 27460 — Private Louis Voges, 8403, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing in action, in Marrieres Wood.

- 1918 28333 — Private James Simmonds Wilkins, 15023, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds, whilst a POW, received in Flanders on 24th March.

- 1918 28570 — Lieutenant Paul Dominic Wilmot, 3rd Bn. (Royal Sussex Regiment). Killed in action.

- 1919 4464 — Gunner Percy John Cooper, 1800, South African Field Artillery, aged 26. Died of smallpox.

- 1919 6620 — Corporal Harold Abraham Emery, S/2006, Supplies (South African Service Corps), aged 22. Died of cerebral malaria.

- 1928 35842 — Constable John Thomas Marshall, 158676-9, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 47. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1936 31076 — Second Lieutenant John Rodwell King, 79496725BG, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 29. Died in Aircraft Accident, near Gwelo.

- 1937 38015 — Sergeant Michiel Burger Petrus Van Dyk, 0438099-1, Middleburg, Cape Province (South African Police), aged 45. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1941 3555 — Private Frans Sonti Chaane, N/7676, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of myocarditis.

- 1941 9148 — Able Seaman Leonard Hansen, S.S. Uranienborg (Merchant Navy), aged 24. Presumed drowned, at Alexandra Dock, Hull.

- 1941 27677 — Rifleman Frank John Walters, 145967, 1st (Mounted Regiment, S.A. Forces), aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1942 1787 — Sergeant Edward John Biddulph, 778574, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Died in Aircraft Accident, Hampden P5398, near Little Rissington.

- 1942 4074 — Boatswain (Bosun) Frank Stilwell Coburn, M.V. Narragansett (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 25. Reported missing, presumed drowned.

- 1942 5771 — Fireman and Trimmer Dissel, S.S. Tredinnick (St. Ives) (Merchant Navy), aged 38. Sunk by Italian submarine Pietro Calvi.

- 1942 8395 — Fireman and Trimmer William Goodwin, S.S. Tredinnick (St. Ives) (Merchant Navy), aged 31. Sunk by Italian submarine Pietro Calvi.

- 1942 8733 — Able Seaman Stanley Dennis Gregory, D/JX 289719, H.M.S. President III (Royal Navy), aged 20. Killed in action, lost on M.V. Narragansett. At 06.09 hours on 25 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Narragansett (Master Michael Blackburn Roberts) was hit in the stern by one torpedo from U-105 about 400 miles east of Hampton Roads, Virginia and sank burning after a hit with a coup de grace at 06.18 hours. The master, 42 crew members and six gunners were lost.

- 1942 14914 — Sapper Arthur Ernest Charles Manersberger, 85380, South African Engineer Corps, aged 23. Died in car accident.

- 1942 15162 — Sergeant Paul Markides, 778497, 83 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 21. Killed in action, Manchester R7465, shot down and crashed at Lichtaart, Belgium, during an operational flight over Essen, Germany.

- 1942 24991 — Captain Jacob J Theron, 102844, 9 Ad (South African Air Force), aged 32. Killed in aircraft accident, elevators detached on test flight after assembly, crashed 2.5 miles from Brooklyn, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3564.

- 1943 5003 — Major Alexander Whyte Darby, EC/715, Indian General Service Corps, aged 59. Died on active service.

- 1943 8159 — Private Hendrick Gilbert, C/274835, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 11502 — Private Michiel Jacobus Jooste, 701334, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 69. Died on active service.

- 1943 15631 — Corporal Matthews, 155245, South African Railways and Harbours Brigade. Died after discharge.

- 1943 23524 — Lieutenant Harold Fulford Smith, 205691, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, when leading nine other Spitfires over the Mareth Line into 32 enemy machines, collided with a C202, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC #BR390.

- 1943 25693 — Lieutenant Andrew Fitzgerald Tyrrell, 205859, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, shot down and crashed, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB #EP303.

- 1944 9831 — Constable Hezekeli, 11123, British South African Police. Died on active service.

- 1944 13356 — Captain Hilton Angus Leppan, 26783, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 48. Died of obstruction of varicose vein, whilst a POW, in Germany.

- 1944 13623 — Private Lindholm, 106868V, 9th Bn. (1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces). Died on active service.

- 1944 13909 — Private Izak Louw, N/37141, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1944 16291 — Private Wilson Mduna, N/31112, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of bacillary dysentery.

- 1944 27899 — Private Joseph Waverley, M/15868, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

- 1945 3272 — Private Ross Cameron, 138346, attd. Kaffrarian Rifles (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Shot whilst a POW, in Germany.

- 1945 3670 — Lieutenant Roy Laurence Chegwyn, 14877V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 5277 — Corporal Elizabeth De Jager, W/160918, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died of cerebral embolism and post operative bilateral femoral thrombosis.

- 1945 5283 — Captain Lourens Jacob De Jager, 103358V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 5825 — Second Lieutenant Ivan Jacque Doble, 111234V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 7989 — Warrant Officer Josias Nicolaas Geldenhuys, 579069V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 8955 — Lieutenant Abe Manfred Hacker, 543177V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, by flak, in Martin Baltimore Mk V.

- 1945 9669 — Private Jan Hendricks, C/277320, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1945 11563 — Private Ngona Joseph, NRA/11563, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1945 12204 — Lance Corporal Douglas Reginald Kietzman, 173958V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 25. Died on active service.

- 1945 18217 — Private James Mwila, NRA/16295, 7th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1945 21551 — Warrant Officer Jacob Robbertse, 595812V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 22371 — Private Willie Scheepers, C/320053V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of accidental gunshot wound, battle accident.

- 1945 25683 — Second Lieutenant Paul Maxwell Tylden-Wright, 606459V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 27261 — Warrant Officer Class II Willem Adriaan Jacobus Venter, 279946V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 8 crew (1 RAF), shot down while bombing the marshalling yards at Villach, Austria, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW204.

- 1945 28431 — Private Gamiet Williams, M/13117, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died of dysentery, whilst a POW, in Germany.

- 1946 29118 — Private Ziwurawa, RHO/993, Rhodesian African Rifles. Died on active service.

- 1947 6862 — Private Kope Fabyano, NRA/22301, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1956 37630 — Constable Sameul Sitole, 126916, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police), aged 35. Shot by a native.

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