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ON THIS DAY

27 February

166

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Person # Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Date of Death
29229 Amunyongi Thomas Special Constable South West African Police 1986-02-27
510 Anderson Kalowa Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1944-02-27
1182 Barr Alexander Irwin Sub-Lieutenant South African Navy (Corps) 1942-02-27
34076 Bester Hendrik R Constable 1988-02-27
47462 Beukes C B Burgher Boer Forces 1900-02-27
47453 Beukes Nicolaas Theodorus Burgher Prinsloo, Bethlehem Commando 1902-02-27
47452 Beyers C B Burgher Boksburg 1900-02-27
43523 Botha Burgher Boer Forces 1900-02-27
43526 Botha Burgher Boer Forces 1900-02-27
47251 Botha Marthinus Johannes Burgher Boer Forces 1900-02-27
2286 Botha Thennis Jacobua Petrus Lieutenant 24 Squadron 1942-02-27
47212 Bothma Daniel Wouter Burgher Ladybrand Commando 1900-02-27
2534 Breitenbach Johan Hendrik Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps) 1946-02-27
2675 Bromberg Woolf Driver Royal Army Service Corps (Corps) 1943-02-27
2832 Brown Victor Henry Corporal Q Service Corps (Corps) 1943-02-27
43499 Burger Burgher Boer Forces 1902-02-27
3028 Burger Gertruda Zacharina Private Women's Auxiliary Army Services (Corps) 1944-02-27
47114 Burger Klaas Burgher Lindley Commando 1902-02-27
41830 Buys Pieter Jacobus Sergeant South African Army 1991-02-27
3220 Caine Herbert William Private Royal Durban Light Infantry 1945-02-27
29685 Cambinda Antonio Luis Rifleman 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1988-02-27
3440 Carroll Patrick William Corporal South African Rifles 1919-02-27
4030 Cloete Lance Corporal 1945-02-27
47065 Cloete Jacobus Petrus Burgher Krugersdorp 1900-02-27
4246 Colin Pierre Barthelmy Corporal South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1941-02-27
29871 Creneus Felix Special WO South West African Police 1988-02-27
46960 Cronje Andries Johannes Burgher Krugersdorp 1900-02-27
29944 Dayile Bombardier 1998-02-27
5323 De Kock Christoffel Andries Petrus Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1943-02-27
30005 De Meillon Malcolm Bernard Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1948-02-27
5542 Dempster George Wilson Sergeant Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1943-02-27
5726 Dikgape Mabogoane Labourer South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1917-02-27
46696 Du Plessis David Schalk Burgher Johannesburg 1900-02-27
46670 Du Plessis Willem Mathys Burgher Winburg Commando 1900-02-27
46660 Du Plooy Roelof Burgher Krugersdorp 1900-02-27
46652 Du Preez Hendrik L. Burgher Krugersdorp 1900-02-27
46645 Du Preez Johannes Willem Christiaan Burgher Rustenburg (Eloff) Commando 1900-02-27
6155 Du Preez Robert Peter Private 1945-02-27
41488 Du Toit Andries Carl Edward Alexander Private Youth Training Brigade 1943-02-27
30187 Dumbe Lucas Lance Corporal 32 (Buffalo) Battalion 1985-02-27
46584 Ehlers Louis Frederik Burgher Krugersdorp 1900-02-27
46522 Erasmus Jacob Burgher Heilbron 1902-02-27
43701 Fauconnier Burgher Soutpansberg Commando 1900-02-27
7433 Foulds Harry John Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1945-02-27
46450 Fourie David Hermanus Burgher Krugersdorp 1900-02-27
41649 Gerber Hendrik Johannes Leading Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1955-02-27
8572 Grant Henry Sealby Private 1st South African Infantry 1917-02-27
30534 Greyvenstein Frederick Johan Captain South African Ordnance Services Corps (Corps) 1976-02-27
30550 Grobler Leon Rifleman 2 Parachute Battalion 1980-02-27
46296 Groh Arno Burgher Pretoria Commando 1900-02-27

Deaths on 27 February by Year