ON THIS DAY

27 February

91

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 Naval Forces 1942-02-27
34076 Bester Hendrik R Constable South African Police 1988-02-27
2286 Botha Thennis Jacobua Petrus Lieutenant South African Air Force 1942-02-27
2534 Breitenbach Johan Hendrik Sergeant Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces 1946-02-27
2675 Bromberg Woolf Driver Royal Army Service Corps 1943-02-27
2832 Brown Victor Henry Corporal Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-02-27
3028 Burger Gertruda Zacharina Private Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces 1944-02-27
41830 Buys Pieter Jacobus Sergeant South African Army 1991-02-27
3220 Caine Herbert William Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 1945-02-27
29685 Cambinda Antonio Luis Rifleman South West African Territory Force 1988-02-27
3440 Carroll Patrick William Corporal South African Rifles 1919-02-27
4030 Cloete Lance Corporal South African Police 1945-02-27
4246 Colin Pierre Barthelmy Corporal South African Engineer Corps 1941-02-27
29871 Creneus Felix Special WO South West African Police 1988-02-27
29944 Dayile Herman Alan Bombardier SA Army 1998-02-27
5323 De Kock Christoffel Andries Petrus Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1943-02-27
30005 De Meillon Malcolm Bernard Air Mechanic South African Air Force 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 1917-02-27
6155 Du Preez Robert Peter Private South African Police 1945-02-27
41488 Du Toit Andries Carl Edward Alexander Private Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces 1943-02-27
30187 Dumbe Lucas Lance Corporal South West African Territory Force 1985-02-27
7433 Foulds Harry John Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1945-02-27
41649 Gerber Hendrik Johannes Leading Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1955-02-27
8572 Grant Henry Sealby Private South African Infantry 1917-02-27
30534 Greyvenstein Frederick Johan Captain South African Ordnance Service Corps 1976-02-27
30550 Grobler Leon Rifleman South African Infantry Corps 1980-02-27
34866 Gwala Bongani Abestus Sergeant South African Police 2000-02-27
9192 Hardy Edouard Fourth Engineer Officer Merchant Navy 1945-02-27
9597 Hedges George William Lance Corporal South African Infantry 1917-02-27
9688 Hendrikse Basil Stewart Private Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-02-27
10291 Horrocks Frank Trooper South African Tank Corps 1945-02-27
10763 Jackson Labourer Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1945-02-27
10930 Jacobson Joseph D Private South African Tank Corps 1942-02-27
10931 Jacobson Ralph Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 1942-02-27
11101 Jarvis Henry James Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1942-02-27
11251 Johnson Colin Renison Pupil Pilot South African Air Force 1942-02-27
11783 Kandawiri Or Kandanwiri Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-02-27
39560 Kohwai Sylvester Tichaona Lance Corporal Selous Scouts 1977-02-27
40825 Kohwai Sylvester Tichaona Lance Corporal Selous Scouts 1977-02-27
12590 Kotze Jacobus Johannes Jurgens Private Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces 1945-02-27
31201 Kwena Marthinus Johannes Rifleman SA Army 1998-02-27
12921 Lang Arthur Leslie Private South African Infantry 1917-02-27
13575 Lifatoa Daniel Follower Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1917-02-27
35437 Lottering Gideon Willem South African Police 1985-02-27
14620 Makakamela Small Private South African Native Labour Corps 1917-02-27
17724 Mampuru Jeremiah Corporal South African Native Labour Corps 1917-02-27
35767 Mankga David (buddy) Constable South African Police 1961-02-27

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