On This Day

On This Day — 26 September

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1902

48209Burgher Jan Adriaan Sadie, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1914

297Corporal James Antill Aldridge, 1857, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 39. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

3446Scout Peter Carson, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Missing in action, after Battle of Sandfontein.

1914

3794Trooper Jacobus Christian, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

3795Trooper Jacobus Christian, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Missing in action, after Battle of Sandfontein.

1914

4733Driver William Herbert Cross, 30, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

7744Rifleman Claud Liddle Fuller, 328, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 24. Died of wounds, received at Sandfontein.

1914

9257Battery Sergeant Major Arthur Ernest Harris, 3022, 8th Citizen Bty. (Active Citizen Force Artillery), aged 38. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

12110Bombardier Frederick Aston Key, 3031, Field Ambulance (Active Citizen Force Artillery). Died of wounds, received at Sandfontein.

1914

12478Rifleman Walter Carl Paul Kobus, 346, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

12784Scout Koos Laberloot, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Missing in action, after Battle of Sandfontein.

1914

13632Rifleman Graham Lindsay, 545, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 19. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

15928Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant George Graham MacDonald, 2, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

18976Lieutenant Francis Louis Northway, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 40. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

19156Native Driver July Nzemankulu, 50, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

19520Corporal James Ovens, 1858, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

20236Corporal Neville Jameson Pickering, 3044, 8th Citizen Bty. (Active Citizen Force Artillery), aged 21. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

20882Rifleman John Patrick Quinn, 491, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

22365Native Driver Maarten Scheepers, 10, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

23007Rifleman John Gordon Shortt, 316, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

27803Rifleman George Jenkin Waters, 2501, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 20. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

41325Driver Mfana Zenzile, 27, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

1914

29121Constable Alec Zondani, 6, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Died of wounds, received at Sandfontein.

1915

237Captain Graham Agnew, 13th Bn. (Northumberland Fusiliers), aged 40. Killed in action.

1915

903Sapper William James Percival Bailey, 1603, 1st/2nd (Hants) Army Troops Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 29. Died of wounds.

1915

2716Second Lieutenant Reginald St. George Brooks, 97th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action.

1915

5697Second Lieutenant Walter Michael Dickson, 11th Bn. (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action.

1915

6326Second Lieutenant William Heinz Gilbert Durrant, 6th Bn. (Dorsetshire Regiment), aged 35. Killed in action.

1915

12767Gunner John Harold Kybett, 47386, 104th Bty. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 26. Killed in action.

1915

18319Captain Edward Jocelyn Nangle, Royal Army Medical Corps, aged 27. Killed in action.

1915

21548Lieutenant Thomas Douglas Robb, 17th Bn., attd. 20th Bn. (London Regiment), aged 27. Killed in action, at Loos.

1915

24103Private Richard Leslie Stephens, 75, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of pneumonia.

1916

11481Henry Jongilanga, 8411, South African Native Labour Bureau. Tanga.

1916

11521Private Pieter Willem Jordaan, 2779, 5th (South African Horse), aged 59. Died of disease.

1916

12376Driver Christian Klasser, 348, attd. South African Service Corps Transport (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Voi.

1916

22335Second Lieutenant Thomas Earle Gordon Scaife, 9th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 24. Killed in action, observer on BE2c, shot down by AA fire over Lesboeufs (Somme).

1916

22425Lieutenant James Humphrey Clare Schofield, 1st Bn. (Durham Light Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action, shell burst splinter hit him, while on trench repair, in front of Gueudecourt.

1916

27390Driver Edgar Vine, MT/1078, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 20. Died of tetanus.

1917

1814Second Lieutenant Christopher Binns, 154th Heavy Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 36. Killed in action, on Ypres-Menin Rd.

1917

3509Private Thomas Francis Castello, 6588, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 65. Died of morbus cordis.

1917

3991Private Frank Cleverley, 3821, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of wounds, received 20th September.

1917

4304Second Lieutenant Ernest Forbes Campbell Colquhoun, 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), aged 28. Killed in action.

1917

6532Driver Fred Elias, 20368, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Kisiwani, East Africa.

1917

6955Private Johannes Hendrik Faure, 10986, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Died of wounds.

1917

9272Private Frank Harris, 3499, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of blackwater fever.

1917

11452Private Jesse Norris Jones, 10347, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

12562Lance Corporal Gert Jacobus Koopman, 26, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 35. Died of blackwater fever, at Morogoro.

1917

16209Private Leslie Clegg McMurdo, 4563, 31st Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 17. Killed in action, at Polygon Wood, whilst attending a wounded comrade in No Man's Land.

1917

18271Johannes Mziligazi, 8714, South African Native Labour Bureau. Roberts Heights.

1917

18499Private Christian Philip Nel, 14076, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1917

24004Captain Harold Edward Beaumont Stapleton, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds.

1917

28587Second Lieutenant Belford Alexander Wallis Wilson, 2nd Bn. (Hampshire Regiment). Killed in action.

1918

9870Corporal Stanger Higgs, 48569, 5th Bn. (Royal Berkshire Regiment), aged 19. Died of wounds.

1918

16652Private Harry Duke Miller, 79th Division (United States Army), aged 23. Died on active service.

1918

28961Private Zotsha Xelitole, 23864, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of influenza.

1940

7559Fireman and Trimmer Lewis Frank, S.S. Ashantian (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 39. Damaged by U-137 in Convoy OB-218.

1940

9764Pilot Officer William Duncan Hermon, 42708, 61 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, Hampden P2090, target Kiel, hit by Flak and subsequently destroyed in a fatal crash landing near Oresund, Sweden.

1940

10104Private Patrick Francis Holahan, 135536, 3rd Armoured Car Coy. (South African Tank Corps), aged 26. Died on active service.

1940

26879Gunner Alexander Ling Van Niekerk, 16401, South African Artillery, aged 26. Died on active service.

1941

4494Lieutenant Ivan Archibald Lewis Corlett, 115735, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 37. Committed suicide, self inflicted gunshot wound.

1941

24131Captain Ivan Woodville Stevens, 191494, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died in military hospital, at Port Elizabeth.

1941

26622Private Van Der Merwe, 277468, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 55. Died on active service.

1941

27064Sapper Andries Jansen Van Vuuren, 190952, South African Engineer Corps, aged 40. Died on active service.

1942

4934Private Jan Damons, C/274579, 30 Road Construction Company (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Died of meningococcal cerebro-spinal meningitis, at Helwan Hospital.

1942

6311Corporal Alfred William Dunt, 85721, South African Corps of Military Police. Died on active service.

1942

11035Lance Corporal Joel Jangile, N/4068, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1942

13709Pupil Pilot Edward Hugh Lloyd, 207137, South African Air Force, aged 19. Died at Roberts Heights Military Hospital, Pretoria.

1942

17625Sergeant James Alexander William Moss, 89605, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 43. Died of dysentery, whilst a POW, at Benghazi. He had been captured at Tobruk on the 20 June 1942.

1943

874Lieutenant Matthew Edward Bagg, 206359V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Died of injuries, received September 24th, as a POW, shot down by flak San Lucio, in Douglas Mk III Boston #HK888.

1943

18018Private Alfred George Mundell, 12230, Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died whilst a POW. He was captured on 20 June 1942 and subsequently shipped to Italy.

1943

24321Captain George Ross Strachan, 61832V, South African Internment Corps, aged 46. Died of lobar pneumonia, clot of blood in right auricle.

1944

3181Signaller Stephanus Buys, 117010, South African Corps of Signals, aged 20. Killed in action. In the North Italian village of Carpane on 27 September 1944 the Germans executed 16 Allied soldiers captured fighting with Italian partisans in that area. Escaped with other South Africans from a nearby POW camp and joined up with local partisans to carry on fighting the Germans. They became such a thorn in the flesh of the Germans that a special operation was mounted in the Monte Grappa region to capture them. They were eventually captured and murdered by the Germans. Every year on this day since the end of the war the villagers of Carpane have held a memorial service at this spot by the side of the road where they were killed. For many years the identity of the 16 was not known and the monument was simply inscribed to "16 unknown". It was only about 4 or 5 years ago that their identity was uncovered by Sonia Residori, an Italian academic researcher.

1944

3732Private Lupiya Chimbwa, NRA/17926, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.

1944

15880Lieutenant Graham Austen Cordner McCormick, 333955, King's African Rifles, aged 23. Died on active service.

1944

25409Flight Lieutenant Anthony Bowen Loftus Tottenham, 418209, 463 Sqdn. (Royal Australian Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action.

1944

26653Staff Sergeant Petrus J Van Der Merwe, 224362V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1945

1251Private K-Apolo Bartomeyo, DN/24591, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.

1945

4898Corporal William Roger Daley, 191140V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 47. Died of hanging.

1947

17558Corporal Morupa, N/4416, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died on active service.

1947

20016Private Christopher Frederick Peters, 700210, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 74. Died on active service.

1951

32438Corporal Willem Daniel Patterson, P2/8447, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 38. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. A/Cpl W.D. Patterson was a member of a detail loading an aircraft at K-10, Chinhae, and was directing a transport vehicle that was reversing towards the aircraft. This vehicle failed to stop, and crushed A/Cpl Patterson against the aircraft's fuselage.

1957

41693Sergeant Major Ralph Raymond Green, 01575786PE, H.q. (Union Defence Forces), aged 49. Died of encephalitis, in Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

1962

35577Constable Sipho Maxwell Magwaca, 129464, Jabulani Crime Prevention Unit, Soweto (South African Police), aged 31. Murdered by natives.

1974

37068Detective Sergeant Gerhardus Marthinus Oosthuizen, W42803K, 1 Parachute Battalion (South African Police), aged 34. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1975

38985Sergeant Alexander Lawrence Bremner, 6112, Thornhill AFB (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 24. Died in vehicle accident, on the Salisbury - Enkeldoorn road.

1976

37518Detective Constable Kgokong Johannes Setati, S155339R, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 37. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1976

40601Private Kumbirayi Wunganayi, 644817, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Army), aged 25. Gun shot wound to abdomen.

1978

33382Private Jacob Daniel Otto Van As, 76567023BG, 1 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Grootfontein.

1979

38919Air Lieutenant Patrick Michael Bate, 4291, 7 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 47. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.

1979

39030Flight Sergeant Gary Ronald Carter, 6479, 7 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 26. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.

1979

36430Constable William Charles Morkel, K161097T, 11 Dist (Prieska) CW Div (South African Police), aged 49. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1979

40381Major Bruce Miles Snelgar, 780673, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 33. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.

1981

31536Captain Noel John Malcolm, 70159124KV, 104 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 60. Died in Aircraft Accident, Piper PA-28 #ZS-KFN.

1981

32398Corporal David Daniel Oosthuysen, 77470904BG, 2 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Private Vehicle Accident, at Sasolburg while on his 14 day pass.

1981

33928Candidate Officer Freddie Johannes Zeller, 57195935KV, 104 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 40. Died in Aircraft Accident, Piper PA-28 #ZS-KFN.

1982

31427Private William Henry Ludick, 80594104CK, Western Province Command Workshop (South African Catering Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Kuruman.

1985

30571Rifleman Muziwakhe Douglas Gumede, 83744946HG, 121 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident.

1985

33090Special WO Jacob Stefanus, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 19. Killed in action, in a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland. Member of Koevoet.

1987

29308Rifleman Rudolf Johannes Badenhorst, 84399393BT, Regiment De la Rey (South African Infantry Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident near Mooi Plaas in the Kruger National Park. He was busy with a compulsory camp and crashed the vehicle at night, on a unauthorized trip.

1987

37714Constable William Henry Herman Steenberg, W417009B, Umtata (South African Police), aged 42. Died of myocarditis.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 26 September

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1902 48209 — Burgher Jan Adriaan Sadie, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 36. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1914 297 — Corporal James Antill Aldridge, 1857, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 39. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 3446 — Scout Peter Carson, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Missing in action, after Battle of Sandfontein.

- 1914 3794 — Trooper Jacobus Christian, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 3795 — Trooper Jacobus Christian, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Missing in action, after Battle of Sandfontein.

- 1914 4733 — Driver William Herbert Cross, 30, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 7744 — Rifleman Claud Liddle Fuller, 328, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 24. Died of wounds, received at Sandfontein.

- 1914 9257 — Battery Sergeant Major Arthur Ernest Harris, 3022, 8th Citizen Bty. (Active Citizen Force Artillery), aged 38. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 12110 — Bombardier Frederick Aston Key, 3031, Field Ambulance (Active Citizen Force Artillery). Died of wounds, received at Sandfontein.

- 1914 12478 — Rifleman Walter Carl Paul Kobus, 346, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 12784 — Scout Koos Laberloot, Intelligence (South African Mounted Rifles). Missing in action, after Battle of Sandfontein.

- 1914 13632 — Rifleman Graham Lindsay, 545, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 19. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 15928 — Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant George Graham MacDonald, 2, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 18976 — Lieutenant Francis Louis Northway, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 40. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 19156 — Native Driver July Nzemankulu, 50, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 19520 — Corporal James Ovens, 1858, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 20236 — Corporal Neville Jameson Pickering, 3044, 8th Citizen Bty. (Active Citizen Force Artillery), aged 21. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 20882 — Rifleman John Patrick Quinn, 491, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 22365 — Native Driver Maarten Scheepers, 10, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 23007 — Rifleman John Gordon Shortt, 316, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 27803 — Rifleman George Jenkin Waters, 2501, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 20. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 41325 — Driver Mfana Zenzile, 27, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Killed in action, at Sandfontein.

- 1914 29121 — Constable Alec Zondani, 6, 1st Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Died of wounds, received at Sandfontein.

- 1915 237 — Captain Graham Agnew, 13th Bn. (Northumberland Fusiliers), aged 40. Killed in action.

- 1915 903 — Sapper William James Percival Bailey, 1603, 1st/2nd (Hants) Army Troops Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 29. Died of wounds.

- 1915 2716 — Second Lieutenant Reginald St. George Brooks, 97th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 25. Killed in action.

- 1915 5697 — Second Lieutenant Walter Michael Dickson, 11th Bn. (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders). Killed in action.

- 1915 6326 — Second Lieutenant William Heinz Gilbert Durrant, 6th Bn. (Dorsetshire Regiment), aged 35. Killed in action.

- 1915 12767 — Gunner John Harold Kybett, 47386, 104th Bty. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 26. Killed in action.

- 1915 18319 — Captain Edward Jocelyn Nangle, Royal Army Medical Corps, aged 27. Killed in action.

- 1915 21548 — Lieutenant Thomas Douglas Robb, 17th Bn., attd. 20th Bn. (London Regiment), aged 27. Killed in action, at Loos.

- 1915 24103 — Private Richard Leslie Stephens, 75, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of pneumonia.

- 1916 11481 — Henry Jongilanga, 8411, South African Native Labour Bureau. Tanga.

- 1916 11521 — Private Pieter Willem Jordaan, 2779, 5th (South African Horse), aged 59. Died of disease.

- 1916 12376 — Driver Christian Klasser, 348, attd. South African Service Corps Transport (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Voi.

- 1916 22335 — Second Lieutenant Thomas Earle Gordon Scaife, 9th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 24. Killed in action, observer on BE2c, shot down by AA fire over Lesboeufs (Somme).

- 1916 22425 — Lieutenant James Humphrey Clare Schofield, 1st Bn. (Durham Light Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action, shell burst splinter hit him, while on trench repair, in front of Gueudecourt.

- 1916 27390 — Driver Edgar Vine, MT/1078, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 20. Died of tetanus.

- 1917 1814 — Second Lieutenant Christopher Binns, 154th Heavy Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 36. Killed in action, on Ypres-Menin Rd.

- 1917 3509 — Private Thomas Francis Castello, 6588, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 65. Died of morbus cordis.

- 1917 3991 — Private Frank Cleverley, 3821, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of wounds, received 20th September.

- 1917 4304 — Second Lieutenant Ernest Forbes Campbell Colquhoun, 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn. (Royal Welsh Fusiliers), aged 28. Killed in action.

- 1917 6532 — Driver Fred Elias, 20368, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Kisiwani, East Africa.

- 1917 6955 — Private Johannes Hendrik Faure, 10986, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Died of wounds.

- 1917 9272 — Private Frank Harris, 3499, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 11452 — Private Jesse Norris Jones, 10347, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 12562 — Lance Corporal Gert Jacobus Koopman, 26, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 35. Died of blackwater fever, at Morogoro.

- 1917 16209 — Private Leslie Clegg McMurdo, 4563, 31st Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 17. Killed in action, at Polygon Wood, whilst attending a wounded comrade in No Man's Land.

- 1917 18271 — Johannes Mziligazi, 8714, South African Native Labour Bureau. Roberts Heights.

- 1917 18499 — Private Christian Philip Nel, 14076, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1917 24004 — Captain Harold Edward Beaumont Stapleton, Royal Garrison Artillery. Died of wounds.

- 1917 28587 — Second Lieutenant Belford Alexander Wallis Wilson, 2nd Bn. (Hampshire Regiment). Killed in action.

- 1918 9870 — Corporal Stanger Higgs, 48569, 5th Bn. (Royal Berkshire Regiment), aged 19. Died of wounds.

- 1918 16652 — Private Harry Duke Miller, 79th Division (United States Army), aged 23. Died on active service.

- 1918 28961 — Private Zotsha Xelitole, 23864, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of influenza.

- 1940 7559 — Fireman and Trimmer Lewis Frank, S.S. Ashantian (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 39. Damaged by U-137 in Convoy OB-218.

- 1940 9764 — Pilot Officer William Duncan Hermon, 42708, 61 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, Hampden P2090, target Kiel, hit by Flak and subsequently destroyed in a fatal crash landing near Oresund, Sweden.

- 1940 10104 — Private Patrick Francis Holahan, 135536, 3rd Armoured Car Coy. (South African Tank Corps), aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1940 26879 — Gunner Alexander Ling Van Niekerk, 16401, South African Artillery, aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1941 4494 — Lieutenant Ivan Archibald Lewis Corlett, 115735, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 37. Committed suicide, self inflicted gunshot wound.

- 1941 24131 — Captain Ivan Woodville Stevens, 191494, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died in military hospital, at Port Elizabeth.

- 1941 26622 — Private Van Der Merwe, 277468, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 55. Died on active service.

- 1941 27064 — Sapper Andries Jansen Van Vuuren, 190952, South African Engineer Corps, aged 40. Died on active service.

- 1942 4934 — Private Jan Damons, C/274579, 30 Road Construction Company (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Died of meningococcal cerebro-spinal meningitis, at Helwan Hospital.

- 1942 6311 — Corporal Alfred William Dunt, 85721, South African Corps of Military Police. Died on active service.

- 1942 11035 — Lance Corporal Joel Jangile, N/4068, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1942 13709 — Pupil Pilot Edward Hugh Lloyd, 207137, South African Air Force, aged 19. Died at Roberts Heights Military Hospital, Pretoria.

- 1942 17625 — Sergeant James Alexander William Moss, 89605, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 43. Died of dysentery, whilst a POW, at Benghazi. He had been captured at Tobruk on the 20 June 1942.

- 1943 874 — Lieutenant Matthew Edward Bagg, 206359V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Died of injuries, received September 24th, as a POW, shot down by flak San Lucio, in Douglas Mk III Boston #HK888.

- 1943 18018 — Private Alfred George Mundell, 12230, Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died whilst a POW. He was captured on 20 June 1942 and subsequently shipped to Italy.

- 1943 24321 — Captain George Ross Strachan, 61832V, South African Internment Corps, aged 46. Died of lobar pneumonia, clot of blood in right auricle.

- 1944 3181 — Signaller Stephanus Buys, 117010, South African Corps of Signals, aged 20. Killed in action. In the North Italian village of Carpane on 27 September 1944 the Germans executed 16 Allied soldiers captured fighting with Italian partisans in that area. Escaped with other South Africans from a nearby POW camp and joined up with local partisans to carry on fighting the Germans. They became such a thorn in the flesh of the Germans that a special operation was mounted in the Monte Grappa region to capture them. They were eventually captured and murdered by the Germans. Every year on this day since the end of the war the villagers of Carpane have held a memorial service at this spot by the side of the road where they were killed. For many years the identity of the 16 was not known and the monument was simply inscribed to "16 unknown". It was only about 4 or 5 years ago that their identity was uncovered by Sonia Residori, an Italian academic researcher.

- 1944 3732 — Private Lupiya Chimbwa, NRA/17926, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.

- 1944 15880 — Lieutenant Graham Austen Cordner McCormick, 333955, King's African Rifles, aged 23. Died on active service.

- 1944 25409 — Flight Lieutenant Anthony Bowen Loftus Tottenham, 418209, 463 Sqdn. (Royal Australian Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1944 26653 — Staff Sergeant Petrus J Van Der Merwe, 224362V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1945 1251 — Private K-Apolo Bartomeyo, DN/24591, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.

- 1945 4898 — Corporal William Roger Daley, 191140V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 47. Died of hanging.

- 1947 17558 — Corporal Morupa, N/4416, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died on active service.

- 1947 20016 — Private Christopher Frederick Peters, 700210, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 74. Died on active service.

- 1951 32438 — Corporal Willem Daniel Patterson, P2/8447, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 38. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. A/Cpl W.D. Patterson was a member of a detail loading an aircraft at K-10, Chinhae, and was directing a transport vehicle that was reversing towards the aircraft. This vehicle failed to stop, and crushed A/Cpl Patterson against the aircraft's fuselage.

- 1957 41693 — Sergeant Major Ralph Raymond Green, 01575786PE, H.q. (Union Defence Forces), aged 49. Died of encephalitis, in Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.

- 1962 35577 — Constable Sipho Maxwell Magwaca, 129464, Jabulani Crime Prevention Unit, Soweto (South African Police), aged 31. Murdered by natives.

- 1974 37068 — Detective Sergeant Gerhardus Marthinus Oosthuizen, W42803K, 1 Parachute Battalion (South African Police), aged 34. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1975 38985 — Sergeant Alexander Lawrence Bremner, 6112, Thornhill AFB (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 24. Died in vehicle accident, on the Salisbury - Enkeldoorn road.

- 1976 37518 — Detective Constable Kgokong Johannes Setati, S155339R, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 37. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1976 40601 — Private Kumbirayi Wunganayi, 644817, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Army), aged 25. Gun shot wound to abdomen.

- 1978 33382 — Private Jacob Daniel Otto Van As, 76567023BG, 1 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Grootfontein.

- 1979 38919 — Air Lieutenant Patrick Michael Bate, 4291, 7 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 47. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.

- 1979 39030 — Flight Sergeant Gary Ronald Carter, 6479, 7 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 26. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.

- 1979 36430 — Constable William Charles Morkel, K161097T, 11 Dist (Prieska) CW Div (South African Police), aged 49. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1979 40381 — Major Bruce Miles Snelgar, 780673, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 33. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Alouette III # R5705 which struck power lines near Lake Alexander during Operation Thrasher. They were flying as decoys during an assault on Chimoio base in Mocambique.

- 1981 31536 — Captain Noel John Malcolm, 70159124KV, 104 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 60. Died in Aircraft Accident, Piper PA-28 #ZS-KFN.

- 1981 32398 — Corporal David Daniel Oosthuysen, 77470904BG, 2 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Private Vehicle Accident, at Sasolburg while on his 14 day pass.

- 1981 33928 — Candidate Officer Freddie Johannes Zeller, 57195935KV, 104 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 40. Died in Aircraft Accident, Piper PA-28 #ZS-KFN.

- 1982 31427 — Private William Henry Ludick, 80594104CK, Western Province Command Workshop (South African Catering Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Kuruman.

- 1985 30571 — Rifleman Muziwakhe Douglas Gumede, 83744946HG, 121 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident.

- 1985 33090 — Special WO Jacob Stefanus, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 19. Killed in action, in a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland. Member of Koevoet.

- 1987 29308 — Rifleman Rudolf Johannes Badenhorst, 84399393BT, Regiment De la Rey (South African Infantry Corps), aged 20. Died in Military Vehicle Accident near Mooi Plaas in the Kruger National Park. He was busy with a compulsory camp and crashed the vehicle at night, on a unauthorized trip.

- 1987 37714 — Constable William Henry Herman Steenberg, W417009B, Umtata (South African Police), aged 42. Died of myocarditis.

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