We remember those who died in service on this day:
1900
48308Burgher Hendrik Willem Johannes Buys, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 21.Died of meningitis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1900
47848Burgher Floris Petrus Coetzee, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 29.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1900
47018Burgher Schalk Willem Coetzee, Marico Commando (Boer Forces), aged 32.Killed in action, Kalkdam.
1900
48283Burgher Petrus Coenraad Johannes Faber, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 52.Died of heart attack while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1900
47849Burgher Dirk Cornelis Hendrik Human, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 24.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1900
45241Burgher Daniel Pieter Pretorius, State Artillery Pretoria Commando (Boer Forces), aged 27.Killed in action, Belfast.
1901
47805Burgher Ernst August Dietrich Boedeker, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 42.Died of dysentery while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1901
43532Burgher Boshof, Boer Forces.Killed in action, Vrede.
1901
47080Burgher Nicolaas Petrus Claasen, Wolmaransstad Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23.Killed in action, Christiana.
1901
47084Burgher George Nicolaas Claassen, Wolmaransstad Commando (Boer Forces), aged 53.Killed in action, Makwassie.
1901
45462Burgher Jacob Johannes Oberholzer, Boer Forces, aged 27.Killed in action, Fauresmith.
1913
41437Squadron Sergeant Major Percy Coupe, 1123, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 35.Died of dilation of the heart.
1916
5694Labourer Ntwa Dickson, 12799, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of foetid bronchitis, at Dar Es Salaam.
1916
6552Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Howe Elliott, 1255, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of enteric fever.
1916
10312Sergeant Frank Francis Hosken, 1219, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 49.Drowned, in Zambesi River.
1916
10693Private James Roberts Innes, 12577, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22.Died of malaria.
1916
12809Private Lafwaedi, 576, Northern Rhodesia Police.Died on active service.
1916
13130Corporal Johannes Hendrik Le Roux, 2734, 2nd (South African Horse).Died of cancer of stomach, myocarditis, and heart failure.
1916
15333Ox Driver Shebe Masbalaba, 14299, South African Native Labour Bureau.Mombasa.
1916
19099Driver Dickson Ntwa, 12799, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of dysentery and malaria, on H.M.T. "Ebani", at Dar Es Salaam, returning to South Africa.
1917
1805Conductor Chandler Bindemann, 1897, East African Transport Corps.Committed suicide, died of hemorrhage.
1917
4033Private Jacobus "Koos" Cloete, 1221, 1st (Cape Coloured Labour Regiment), aged 18.Died of tubercular laryngitis.
1917
5217Private Andries Barend De Beer, 744, 10th (South African Horse).Died of malaria, at Durban.
1917
10978Private Albert James, 14554, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of wounds, received 25th December.
1917
18433Ox Driver John Ndiamon, 15777, South African Native Labour Bureau.Kilwa.
1917
29005Captain James Hamilton Langdon Yorke, 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Bn. (Welsh Regiment), aged 33.Killed in action, Battle of Jerusalem.
1918
423Private Amanda, M/1433, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
14896Private Or Mandanda Mandana, M/433, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
18452Private Nduga, M/1175, Rhodesia Native Regiment.Died of dysentery, at Blantyre, Nyasaland.
1919
11991Captain Gerald Miles Kelson, 1st King Edward's Horse.Died of overdose of chlorodyne.
1919
13878Rifleman Everhardus Nicolaas Johannes Loubser, 6211, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 31.Accidentally killed, by bullet from revolver, fired by Rflm 2509 Erasmus.
1919
41369Native Constable John Matloe, 1988, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 44.Died of pneumonia, at Umtata.
1934
34205Lance Sergeant Albert Harry Bristow, 9114, Witwatersrand (South African Police), aged 49.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1940
13049Deck Boy Evan Godfrey Lawrence, M.S. Stensby (Merchant Navy).Died of peritonitis, after appendix operation, in the Government Hospital, Bunbury, Western Australia.
1940
15207Junior Engineer Officer Kenneth Scarborough Marsden, M.V. Araby (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 22.Presumed drowned, through loss of ship, in River Thames Estuary.
1941
8137Private Njovu Gideon, NRA/15009, Northern Rhodesia Regiment.Died on active service.
1941
12245Private Frank Kingston King, 299282, 18 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps).Died on active service.
1941
12327Private Jack Kirsch, 61962, 1/2 (Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces), aged 31.Died of meningitis, at No. 1 New Zealand Hospital.
1941
21225Sergeant Leonard Frank Redfern, 778284, 50 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Killed in action, crashed into open sea around 50 miles from Maloy; a cruiser was despatched immediately to search the area but nothing was found.
1941
22813Flight Lieutenant Errol William Seymour-Hosley, 707888, 208 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 33.Killed in action.
1941
26928Sapper Michael Cornelius Van Reenen, 187007, South African Engineer Corps, aged 31.Died on active service.
1942
5261Fireman and Trimmer Lamuel Charles De Clark, S.S. Melrose Abbey (Leith) (Merchant Navy), aged 33.Whilst operating with Convoy ONS-154. Torpedoed and sunk by U-356. En route London & Loch Ewe for Boston & Trinidad.
1942
5816Private Ncedani Edwin Dlokolo, N/3821, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1942
15694Fireman and Trimmer George Alfred Frank May, S.S. Melrose Abbey (Leith) (Merchant Navy), aged 28.Whilst operating with Convoy ONS-154. Torpedoed and sunk by U-356. En route London & Loch Ewe for Boston & Trinidad.
1942
20525Pupil Pilot Posthumus, 542560, South African Air Force.Died on active service.
1943
7831Lance Corporal John Gallant, N/4923V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 37.Died of syphilitic aortitis.
1943
10923Corporal Sidney Graham Jacobsen, 213020V, H.Q. Army Sigs. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 22.Died of accidental gun shot wound to chest.
1943
12616Private Nicholas Krieger, M/24503V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1943
15606Private Coenraad A Matthee, 278938, South African Medical Corps, aged 57.Died on active service.
1943
17337Flying Officer Benjamin St Clair Hugh Moodie, 155115, 502 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25.Died on active service.
1944
4253Lieutenant Anthony Ewart Collett, 328483V, 184 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Killed in action, flying over France during the 'Battle of the Bulge'. On the 27 Dec 1944, at 11:45, three sections of two aircraft, one led by Lt. Collett took off to carry an armed reconnaissance of the Schleiden area over Germany during the Battle of the Bulge. Cannon attacks were made on motorised transport, and on the second attack, Anthony's aircraft (MN 294) tragically collided with another RAF aircraft, flown by Squadron Leader Short, the Officer Commanding of 181 Squadron, 124 Wing. The port wing of Anthony's aircraft was sheared off and the aircraft spun into the ground and exploded. Three of the six aircraft were lost in that sortie.
1944
21301Sapper William Reid, VX27811, A.I.F. 2/10 Fd. Coy. (Royal Australian Engineers), aged 39.Died whilst a POW. One of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942.
1945
25597Corporal Tuck, 222982, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 58.Died on active service.
1946
1414Corporal James Richard Beck, 118682V, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 59.Died on active service.
1946
20409Private Plaatjies, M/26076, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30.Died after discharge.
41546Staff Sergeant Izak Van Der Merwe, P/21084, Services School (South African Corps of Military Police), aged 33.Committed suicide, carbon monoxide poisoning, at Pretoria.
1966
33984Reserve Constable Emile Godfred Oliver Anderson, 202192, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 33.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1966
37178Reserve Constable Keith Pirie, 202179, Swapol-Tin Rundu (South African Police), aged 25.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1976
40234District Assistant Jack Reyani, XR5006, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 24.Killed in action, at Beit Bridge, Op Tangent.
1976
40486ADF Assistant Julius Tshengena, 112123, African Development Fund (Internal Affairs), aged 36.Murdered, by terrorists, at Beit Bridge, Op Tangent.
1977
31165Sergeant Andries Johannes Kruger, 70446117KT, Regiment Bloemspruit (South African Infantry Corps), aged 23.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Rundu-Bagani Rd. Unimog rolled in wet weather killing 3 members.
1977
39992District Assistant Emmanuel Mutava, 645043, 1st Battalion (Internal Affairs), aged 27.Murdered, by terrorists, in the Op Thrasher area.
1977
32139Rifleman Leon Myburgh, 67252411BT, Regiment Bloemspruit (South African Infantry Corps), aged 26.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Rundu-Bagani Rd. Unimog rolled in wet weather killing 3 members.
1977
33863Lance Corporal Barend Frederick Wiese, 67314088BT, Regiment Bloemspruit (South African Infantry Corps), aged 26.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Rundu-Bagani Rd. Unimog rolled in wet weather killing 3 members.
1978
40734Field Reservist Roger William Haskard, 387794P, 1st Battalion (British South Africa Police), aged 33.Died of heart attack, on active service.
1978
39735Lance Corporal Gwaze Marufu, 654735, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 20.Died on active service.
1978
38606Lance Sergeant Peter Makundi Marume, 22799, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 25.Died in Vehicle Accident.
1978
37005Constable Doctor Gumbi Nxumalo, S136493M, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 38.Shot and killed while on patrol in Phola Park Squatter Camp.
39259Second Lieutenant Andrew Jameson Du Toit, V5047, 3 Independent Company (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 24.Died of wounds, bullet wound in a contact in the Inyanga area, Op Thrasher. Various sticks had been deployed in the commercial wattle plantations in the area. Gus' stick had gone into a plantation workers' compound when they came under mortar and small arms fire from the nearby forest. As Gus was running across the edge of the forest in a clearing that carried electricity pylons, he was fatally wounded. He died during the helicopter casevac flight to hospital.
1979
40603Trooper John Wuranda, 647327, 3 Troop (Selous Scouts), aged 25.Killed in action, Shrapnel wounds.
1980
30216Rifleman Phillipus Elifas, 79860433HV, 101 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 20.Died in Shooting Incident, in Sector 10, when 53BN accidentally shot him because they thought he was a terrorist.
1980
30313Rifleman Hans Dieter Fhilipus, 69358497, 101 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 30.Died in a Motorcycle Accident, at Diskobolos, Kimberley.
1983
31560Rifleman Teixeira Manganhes, 76927409SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 31.Died in aircraft accident, in Aerospatiable SA330C/H/L Puma #155, struck trees, crashed and burnt out. Burnt to death when helicopter crashed (Operation Askari).
1983
32576Rifleman Shawn Pretorius, 81065039BG, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18.Died of wounds, multiple shrapnel wounds, received in an accidental hand grenade explosion inside a Ratel while in Southern Angola during Ops Askari. While debussing from the Ratel, one of the hand grenades he was carrying in his webbing got caught in the door and the pin was accidentally extracted. The grenade exploded and he was mortally wounded.
1984
35091Jakobus H W F Jordaan, NRW69104M, Witwatersrand (South African Police), aged 20.Killed by revolutionary forces, gunshot wound to skull, during Rand Revolt.
1987
32566Trooper Gerhardus David Johannes Pretorius, 82395492, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Armoured Corps), aged 20.Died of malaria, at 1 Military Hospital.
1988
36320Constable Godfrey David Mokoena, S614426P, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 29.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1993
38331Lance Sergeant Sdumo Jacob Zulu, 0172569-6, Western Province Division (South African Police), aged 25.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1994
34546Sergeant Nicolaas Johannes Mara Henn Du Plooy, 0426327-8, Umtata (South African Police), aged 25.Died on active service.
1995
30353Lieutenant Colonel Barend Stephanus Fourie, 87488730, Louis Trichardt AFB (South African Air Force), aged 39.Died of a medical condition (Heart).
1998
36455Sergeant Jacob Moshoetsi, 513389-1, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 42.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1998
32071Corporal Sambonga Mthembu, 95737672, 1 Parachute Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 28.Committed Suicide, shot himself at Newcastle.
1998
33115Private Jacobus Frederick Steyn, 93724141, 5 South African Infantry Battalion (SA Army), aged 19.Died of Medical Reason, at Bethlehem Hospital, while on duty.
2000
36218Inspector Fano Bethuel Mngeyane, 494956-1, Port Natal Division (South African Police Service), aged 41.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2003
32197Trooper Tshepo J Neethling, 97007470MG, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Armoured Corps), aged 22.Died on active service.
2006
30196Lance Corporal James Edward Dwyer, 25173531, 29 Cdo Regt (Royal Artillery), aged 22.Killed in action, when the vehicle he was driving struck an anti-tank mine while on patrol in Afghanistan.
2008
42496Captain Nortje, 605607-5, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.