On This Day

On This Day — 28 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47687Burgher David Francois Marais, Edenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 30. Killed in action, "Puntjiesfontein", Edenburg between Edenburg and Reddersburg.

1901

46202Burgher Johannes P J Hoffmann, Bethlehem Cmdt Antonie Michiel Prinsloo Commando (Boer Forces), aged 17. Killed in action, Wilgepoort.

1901

44861Burgher Johannes Stephanus Smit, Boer Forces, aged 65. Killed in action, Ladysmith.

1901

44797Burgher Hendrik Adriaan Stander, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, dist Fauresmith.

1901

44347Burgher Alwyn Theodorus Gerhardus Jacobus Van Jaarsveldt, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Wilgepoort, Bethlehem.

1901

44346Burgher Willem Lucas Van Jaarsveldt, Bethlehem Cmdt Antonie Michiel Commando (Boer Forces), aged 16. Killed in action, Hospital Bethlehem.

1901

44154Burgher I. Van Tonder, Dewetsdorp Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, dist Smithfield.

1901

44149Burgher Matthys Van Tonder, Boer Forces, aged 30. Killed in action, Stofpoort, Smithfield.

1902

46145Burgher Jan (C) Gabriel Jacobs, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Abrahamskraal, Fauresmith.

1902

47787Burgher Alwyn H.j. Scholtz, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 34. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1902

44786Burgher Thomas Ignatius Jacobus Steenkamp, Heilbron (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Vogeldraai.

1914

21911Private Michiel Adrian Rossouw, 3388, 17th Mounted Rifles (Western Province Mounted Rifles), aged 22. Accidentally shot while on outpost duty.

1915

9869Sub-Conductor Ralph Percival Higgs, 1707, East African Transport Corps, aged 21. Died of malaria.

1916

1610Second Lieutenant George Agar Trevor Benson, 1st Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 20. Killed in action, near Lesboeufs, Somme. The 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment were part of 98th Brigade, 33rd Division. In July the battalion were sent by train from Chocques to Longueau arriving on the 9th July then marching to Coisy. On 11th July they moved to Corbie and then on the 13th to Meaulte, moving forward via Becordel-Becourt for attack on 14th July but the operation was cancelled and the regiment were bivouacked just north of Fricourt. They then moved to Bazentin-le-petit on 15th July and commenced attack on Switch Line against heavy machine gun fire from both flanks which brought the attack to a standstill after advancing through the village. They were relieved by 4th Kings Liverpools and sent to bivouacs north east of Mametz wood, having lost over 300 of their men. During August the Regiment continued to do duties around Bazentin-le-Petit, Mametz and High Wood then in early September they took over trenches at Hebuerne sector To Sailly-au-Bois on the 26th September and to Ivergny on the 1st October. Wanquetin on the 23rd and then to trenches in the Lesboeufs sector on 24th October from where an attack on Rainy Wood and Dewdrop trenches resulted in the successful capture of the trenches on the 28th October 1916.

1916

2059Lieutenant Arthur Meyrick Bones, 571, 5th Permanent Battery (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Killed in action.

1916

3888Captain Colpoys Brodie Clark, 2nd Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 41. Killed in action.

1916

11404Lieutenant Charles Douglas Jones, 9th Bn. (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), aged 32. Killed in action.

1916

14016Native Driver Ludwig, 2791, 5th Permanent Mounted Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, executed by enemy for refusing to carry loads.

1916

18831Second Lieutenant William Adam MacKie Niven, 29th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 22. Killed whilst flying.

1916

20694Conductor William Price, T/483, Animal Transport (South African Service Corps), aged 36. Died of silicosis, tuberculosis, malaria and heart failure.

1916

20945Sapper Philip Caleb Radwell, ME/35, South African Mounted Engineers, aged 39. Died of dysentery.

1916

21708Lance Corporal John Forbes Rodda, 9487, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. The South Africans were relieved on the morning of the 20th October.

1916

22867Second Lieutenant Maurice Sharpe, 21st Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 29. Killed in action, BE12, shot down after combat with enemy aircraft over Courcelette (Somme), last seen diving steeply over Courcelette with several hostile machines above him.

1916

41341Squadron Sergeant Major Edward MacAusland Smyly, 1149, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died in motorcycle accident.

1916

22386Private Klaas Tshuba (Chuba), 2306, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of epilepsy, at Cape Town.

1917

5895Sergeant Major Joseph Donnelly, 11176, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of blackwater fever.

1917

6357Second Lieutenant William Oscar Dyer, 276th Siege Battery (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 29. Died of wounds.

1917

10624Second Lieutenant William Wallace Hutton, attd. 7A Sqdn. RNAS (Royal Flying Corps). Killed in action, Handley Page O/100 #3122.

1917

14197Sapper Duncan Campbell MacDiarmid, 4998, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 40. Died of malaria.

1917

18365Private Ben Naya, 8595, 16th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.

1917

25472Sergeant Ernest Gordon Bernard Trew, 200422, 4th Bn. (Suffolk Regiment), aged 32. Died of pneumonia, at Mtama.

1918

2444Corporal Frederick Augustus Brade, 644, South African Railway Services, aged 27. Died of sickness.

1918

34206Constable Cornelis Michael Brits, 7468(F), 44 Dist (Pretoria Depot) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 49. Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.

1918

3240Rifleman Adam Johannes Calitz, 6027, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Died of influenza, at Windhoek.

1918

4167Rifleman Simon Johannes Coetzee, 6221, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Died of influenza.

1918

5436Private Tobias Mostert De Villiers, 16112, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of wounds.

1918

34634Constable Jan Hendrik Erasmus, 6666(M), 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 27. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

34918Constable MacHiel Hamilton Heckroodt, 5172(F), 32 Dist (Bethlehem) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 30. Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.

1918

10220Private Alfred William Hooker, G/15401, 2nd Bn. (Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)), aged 30. Died on active service.

1918

11228Private Johnathan, M/2009, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.

1918

11316Driver September Johnson, HT/1495, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport, aged 23. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1918

12200Driver Vernon Fitzclarence Kiely, 948, South African Service Corps, aged 21. Died on active service.

1918

35358Lance Corporal Hendrik Cornelis Le Roux, 1646(M), 21 Dist (Middelburg) CE Div (South African Police), aged 34. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

35415Constable Cornelis Johannes Liebenberg, 6703(F), 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 36. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

15156Private Petrus Johannes Maritz, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

15654Private William Fraser Maughan, 1964, South African Service Corps, aged 41. Died of influenza.

1918

17896Native Constable Muchaziba, 6169, British South African Police. Died on active service.

1918

19288Private Thomas O'Kelly, 20212, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia.

1918

19334Sapper John Henry Oliver, 10786, South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. (South African Signal Service). Died of influenza.

1918

19339Constable Alexander Benjamin Olivier, 844, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 25. Died of disease, at Karibib.

1918

19763Private Clement Edwin Patrick, 4238, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Died of pneumonia.

1918

20652Sergeant Daniel Johaanes Albertus Pretorius, 686, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary). Died of disease, at Windhoek.

1918

37211Constable Hendrik Daniel Pretorius, 3387(F), 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 33. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

20828Constable Hendrik Adrian Putter, 1572, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 30. Died of influenza.

1918

373341st Class Sergeant Thomas Edward Reed, 436(M), 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 41. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

21387Private Louis Gerhardus Rheder, 20533, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of influenza.

1918

21797Driver John Henry Roos, 885, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 34. Died on active service.

1918

22063Sergeant Banjamin Russell, 844, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps), aged 38. Died on active service.

1918

37405Constable Thomas William Scale, 6841(M), 12 Dist (Grahamstown) CE Div (South African Police), aged 20. Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.

1918

22453Private Ferdinand Martin Schorn, RS/47, Recruits Depot (South African Veteran Reserve), aged 31. Died of influenza.

1918

23218Private George Francis Singer, 20466, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of influenza.

1918

23896Private Eric Oswald Spooner, 22210, South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. (South African Signal Service). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

24276Private Stoltz, 1269, South African Railway Services. Died on active service.

1918

26354Private Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.

1918

26355Private Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Infantry. Died on active service.

1918

26571Private Petrus Paulus Van Der Berg, 17562, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Died of wounds, gas.

1918

27941Private John Maskery Webber, 22789, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of influenza.

1918

28581Private Alexander Lister Wilson, 21951, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.

1918

28621Gunner John Wilson, 2652, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 32. Died of influenza.

1918

28650Corporal Thomas Wilson, 21035, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Died of pneumonia.

1918

28844Lance Corporal James Hawthorn Woolston, 17485, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 44. Died of wounds, received at Beaurevoir, on 8th October.

1918

29059Private Zanda, M/2091, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.

1926

39754Private Henry James Bagley, 4710, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 49. Died of tuberculosis, at Durban.

1939

15935Gunner John Christian McDonald, 26344, South African Artillery, aged 39. Died on active service.

1940

6007Corporal John Frederick Dreyer, 776429, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 27. Died of blackwater fever.

1940

8324Flying Officer Claude Waller Goldsmith, 72152, 603 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 23. Died of injuries, shot down by Me109's south of Maidstone on 27th October 1940. His Spitfire, P7439, crashed near Waltham, between Ashford and Canterbury. He died of his injuries next day.

1941

7371Air Mechanic Charles Henry Forrester, 47757, South African Air Force, aged 39. Died at Durban Addington Hospital.

1941

11622Sergeant Alexander Edward Jubber, 11094, First City, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died of injuries, head injuries received in a motor cycle accident at Barberton. He died in the Camp Hospital.

1941

26538Private Aletta Van Den Berg, W/154677, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died on active service.

1942

1969Private Petrus Johannes Theodorus Blokker, Netherlands Military Mission, aged 33. Drowned at sea, due to enemy action, on M.V. Abosso.

1942

3933Corporal Hilary Aiden Clarke, 134652, 30 Road Construction Company (South African Engineer Corps), aged 35. Died of wounds.

1942

5830Private Michael Gerade Docking, 3378, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died on active service.

1942

12685Private Okert Kruger, C/169564, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action.

1942

15557Corporal Robert Matobela, N/11426, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1942

16189Lance Corporal Douglas Robert Thomas McMeeking, 19202, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein. He was wounded in the abdomen on the 24th October.

1942

18187Private Muzadzi, 1591, Rhodesian African Rifles. Died on active service.

1942

20070Private Lawrence William Petersen, C/168007, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died of injuries, received in motor accident.

1942

20172Private Godfrey Roland Phillips, 19324, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein. He had a compound fracture of his right femur, received 24 October, and died at No. 5 South African General Hospital on 28 October.

1942

20931Lance Corporal Rademeyer, 60781, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died on active service.

1942

21107Private John Ranthaka, N/21611, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died of multiple burns.

1942

24779Private Piet Tau, N/8035, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Killed in action.

1942

26659Captain Willem Johannes Van Der Merwe, 21635, Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Killed in action.

1942

27421Private Sarel Petrus Jacobus Visagie, 106219, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died of wounds, shrapnel wound to the face and head, received in action during a night fighting patrol on 27 October, in the vicinity of El Alamein.

1943

2104Lieutenant Charles Murray De Villiers Booysen, 328725V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458.

1943

7971Lieutenant Geoffrey Clifford Geerdts, 102541V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA659.

1943

16341Lieutenant Ian Murray Meiring, 205714V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458.

1943

20541Warrant Officer Class I Izak Hermanus Potgieter, 279828V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458.

1943

20906Warrant Officer Class I Christiaan Jacobus Rabie, 577388V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA659.

1943

23713Private James Soetwater, N/2083, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Murdered.

1943

24205Second Lieutenant Jan Albert Steyn, 54242SV, 45 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, collided with Anson 4357 and ditched in sea off Cape Recife, in Avro Anson #3193.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 28 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47687 — Burgher David Francois Marais, Edenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 30. Killed in action, "Puntjiesfontein", Edenburg between Edenburg and Reddersburg.

- 1901 46202 — Burgher Johannes P J Hoffmann, Bethlehem Cmdt Antonie Michiel Prinsloo Commando (Boer Forces), aged 17. Killed in action, Wilgepoort.

- 1901 44861 — Burgher Johannes Stephanus Smit, Boer Forces, aged 65. Killed in action, Ladysmith.

- 1901 44797 — Burgher Hendrik Adriaan Stander, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, dist Fauresmith.

- 1901 44347 — Burgher Alwyn Theodorus Gerhardus Jacobus Van Jaarsveldt, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Wilgepoort, Bethlehem.

- 1901 44346 — Burgher Willem Lucas Van Jaarsveldt, Bethlehem Cmdt Antonie Michiel Commando (Boer Forces), aged 16. Killed in action, Hospital Bethlehem.

- 1901 44154 — Burgher I. Van Tonder, Dewetsdorp Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, dist Smithfield.

- 1901 44149 — Burgher Matthys Van Tonder, Boer Forces, aged 30. Killed in action, Stofpoort, Smithfield.

- 1902 46145 — Burgher Jan (C) Gabriel Jacobs, Fauresmith (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Abrahamskraal, Fauresmith.

- 1902 47787 — Burgher Alwyn H.j. Scholtz, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 34. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1902 44786 — Burgher Thomas Ignatius Jacobus Steenkamp, Heilbron (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Vogeldraai.

- 1914 21911 — Private Michiel Adrian Rossouw, 3388, 17th Mounted Rifles (Western Province Mounted Rifles), aged 22. Accidentally shot while on outpost duty.

- 1915 9869 — Sub-Conductor Ralph Percival Higgs, 1707, East African Transport Corps, aged 21. Died of malaria.

- 1916 1610 — Second Lieutenant George Agar Trevor Benson, 1st Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 20. Killed in action, near Lesboeufs, Somme. The 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment were part of 98th Brigade, 33rd Division. In July the battalion were sent by train from Chocques to Longueau arriving on the 9th July then marching to Coisy. On 11th July they moved to Corbie and then on the 13th to Meaulte, moving forward via Becordel-Becourt for attack on 14th July but the operation was cancelled and the regiment were bivouacked just north of Fricourt. They then moved to Bazentin-le-petit on 15th July and commenced attack on Switch Line against heavy machine gun fire from both flanks which brought the attack to a standstill after advancing through the village. They were relieved by 4th Kings Liverpools and sent to bivouacs north east of Mametz wood, having lost over 300 of their men. During August the Regiment continued to do duties around Bazentin-le-Petit, Mametz and High Wood then in early September they took over trenches at Hebuerne sector To Sailly-au-Bois on the 26th September and to Ivergny on the 1st October. Wanquetin on the 23rd and then to trenches in the Lesboeufs sector on 24th October from where an attack on Rainy Wood and Dewdrop trenches resulted in the successful capture of the trenches on the 28th October 1916.

- 1916 2059 — Lieutenant Arthur Meyrick Bones, 571, 5th Permanent Battery (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1916 3888 — Captain Colpoys Brodie Clark, 2nd Permanent Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 41. Killed in action.

- 1916 11404 — Lieutenant Charles Douglas Jones, 9th Bn. (King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), aged 32. Killed in action.

- 1916 14016 — Native Driver Ludwig, 2791, 5th Permanent Mounted Bty. (South African Mounted Rifles). Killed in action, executed by enemy for refusing to carry loads.

- 1916 18831 — Second Lieutenant William Adam MacKie Niven, 29th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 22. Killed whilst flying.

- 1916 20694 — Conductor William Price, T/483, Animal Transport (South African Service Corps), aged 36. Died of silicosis, tuberculosis, malaria and heart failure.

- 1916 20945 — Sapper Philip Caleb Radwell, ME/35, South African Mounted Engineers, aged 39. Died of dysentery.

- 1916 21708 — Lance Corporal John Forbes Rodda, 9487, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of wounds, received in front the Butte de Warlencourt. The South Africans were relieved on the morning of the 20th October.

- 1916 22867 — Second Lieutenant Maurice Sharpe, 21st Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 29. Killed in action, BE12, shot down after combat with enemy aircraft over Courcelette (Somme), last seen diving steeply over Courcelette with several hostile machines above him.

- 1916 41341 — Squadron Sergeant Major Edward MacAusland Smyly, 1149, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died in motorcycle accident.

- 1916 22386 — Private Klaas Tshuba (Chuba), 2306, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of epilepsy, at Cape Town.

- 1917 5895 — Sergeant Major Joseph Donnelly, 11176, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of blackwater fever.

- 1917 6357 — Second Lieutenant William Oscar Dyer, 276th Siege Battery (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 29. Died of wounds.

- 1917 10624 — Second Lieutenant William Wallace Hutton, attd. 7A Sqdn. RNAS (Royal Flying Corps). Killed in action, Handley Page O/100 #3122.

- 1917 14197 — Sapper Duncan Campbell MacDiarmid, 4998, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 40. Died of malaria.

- 1917 18365 — Private Ben Naya, 8595, 16th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.

- 1917 25472 — Sergeant Ernest Gordon Bernard Trew, 200422, 4th Bn. (Suffolk Regiment), aged 32. Died of pneumonia, at Mtama.

- 1918 2444 — Corporal Frederick Augustus Brade, 644, South African Railway Services, aged 27. Died of sickness.

- 1918 34206 — Constable Cornelis Michael Brits, 7468(F), 44 Dist (Pretoria Depot) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 49. Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 3240 — Rifleman Adam Johannes Calitz, 6027, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21. Died of influenza, at Windhoek.

- 1918 4167 — Rifleman Simon Johannes Coetzee, 6221, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 26. Died of influenza.

- 1918 5436 — Private Tobias Mostert De Villiers, 16112, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of wounds.

- 1918 34634 — Constable Jan Hendrik Erasmus, 6666(M), 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 27. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 34918 — Constable MacHiel Hamilton Heckroodt, 5172(F), 32 Dist (Bethlehem) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 30. Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 10220 — Private Alfred William Hooker, G/15401, 2nd Bn. (Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)), aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1918 11228 — Private Johnathan, M/2009, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.

- 1918 11316 — Driver September Johnson, HT/1495, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport, aged 23. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1918 12200 — Driver Vernon Fitzclarence Kiely, 948, South African Service Corps, aged 21. Died on active service.

- 1918 35358 — Lance Corporal Hendrik Cornelis Le Roux, 1646(M), 21 Dist (Middelburg) CE Div (South African Police), aged 34. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 35415 — Constable Cornelis Johannes Liebenberg, 6703(F), 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 36. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 15156 — Private Petrus Johannes Maritz, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 15654 — Private William Fraser Maughan, 1964, South African Service Corps, aged 41. Died of influenza.

- 1918 17896 — Native Constable Muchaziba, 6169, British South African Police. Died on active service.

- 1918 19288 — Private Thomas O'Kelly, 20212, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of pneumonia.

- 1918 19334 — Sapper John Henry Oliver, 10786, South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. (South African Signal Service). Died of influenza.

- 1918 19339 — Constable Alexander Benjamin Olivier, 844, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 25. Died of disease, at Karibib.

- 1918 19763 — Private Clement Edwin Patrick, 4238, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Died of pneumonia.

- 1918 20652 — Sergeant Daniel Johaanes Albertus Pretorius, 686, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary). Died of disease, at Windhoek.

- 1918 37211 — Constable Hendrik Daniel Pretorius, 3387(F), 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 33. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 20828 — Constable Hendrik Adrian Putter, 1572, 2nd (South African Military Constabulary), aged 30. Died of influenza.

- 1918 37334 — 1st Class Sergeant Thomas Edward Reed, 436(M), 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 41. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 21387 — Private Louis Gerhardus Rheder, 20533, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of influenza.

- 1918 21797 — Driver John Henry Roos, 885, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 34. Died on active service.

- 1918 22063 — Sergeant Banjamin Russell, 844, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps), aged 38. Died on active service.

- 1918 37405 — Constable Thomas William Scale, 6841(M), 12 Dist (Grahamstown) CE Div (South African Police), aged 20. Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 22453 — Private Ferdinand Martin Schorn, RS/47, Recruits Depot (South African Veteran Reserve), aged 31. Died of influenza.

- 1918 23218 — Private George Francis Singer, 20466, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of influenza.

- 1918 23896 — Private Eric Oswald Spooner, 22210, South African Corps Signal Coy, R.E. (South African Signal Service). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 24276 — Private Stoltz, 1269, South African Railway Services. Died on active service.

- 1918 26354 — Private Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died on active service.

- 1918 26355 — Private Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Infantry. Died on active service.

- 1918 26571 — Private Petrus Paulus Van Der Berg, 17562, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Died of wounds, gas.

- 1918 27941 — Private John Maskery Webber, 22789, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of influenza.

- 1918 28581 — Private Alexander Lister Wilson, 21951, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of influenza.

- 1918 28621 — Gunner John Wilson, 2652, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 32. Died of influenza.

- 1918 28650 — Corporal Thomas Wilson, 21035, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 41. Died of pneumonia.

- 1918 28844 — Lance Corporal James Hawthorn Woolston, 17485, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 44. Died of wounds, received at Beaurevoir, on 8th October.

- 1918 29059 — Private Zanda, M/2091, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died on active service.

- 1926 39754 — Private Henry James Bagley, 4710, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 49. Died of tuberculosis, at Durban.

- 1939 15935 — Gunner John Christian McDonald, 26344, South African Artillery, aged 39. Died on active service.

- 1940 6007 — Corporal John Frederick Dreyer, 776429, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 27. Died of blackwater fever.

- 1940 8324 — Flying Officer Claude Waller Goldsmith, 72152, 603 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 23. Died of injuries, shot down by Me109's south of Maidstone on 27th October 1940. His Spitfire, P7439, crashed near Waltham, between Ashford and Canterbury. He died of his injuries next day.

- 1941 7371 — Air Mechanic Charles Henry Forrester, 47757, South African Air Force, aged 39. Died at Durban Addington Hospital.

- 1941 11622 — Sergeant Alexander Edward Jubber, 11094, First City, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died of injuries, head injuries received in a motor cycle accident at Barberton. He died in the Camp Hospital.

- 1941 26538 — Private Aletta Van Den Berg, W/154677, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1942 1969 — Private Petrus Johannes Theodorus Blokker, Netherlands Military Mission, aged 33. Drowned at sea, due to enemy action, on M.V. Abosso.

- 1942 3933 — Corporal Hilary Aiden Clarke, 134652, 30 Road Construction Company (South African Engineer Corps), aged 35. Died of wounds.

- 1942 5830 — Private Michael Gerade Docking, 3378, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1942 12685 — Private Okert Kruger, C/169564, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Killed in action.

- 1942 15557 — Corporal Robert Matobela, N/11426, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1942 16189 — Lance Corporal Douglas Robert Thomas McMeeking, 19202, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein. He was wounded in the abdomen on the 24th October.

- 1942 18187 — Private Muzadzi, 1591, Rhodesian African Rifles. Died on active service.

- 1942 20070 — Private Lawrence William Petersen, C/168007, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died of injuries, received in motor accident.

- 1942 20172 — Private Godfrey Roland Phillips, 19324, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of wounds, received in the vicinity of El Makh Khad during the opening stages of the advance and attack at El Alamein. He had a compound fracture of his right femur, received 24 October, and died at No. 5 South African General Hospital on 28 October.

- 1942 20931 — Lance Corporal Rademeyer, 60781, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1942 21107 — Private John Ranthaka, N/21611, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died of multiple burns.

- 1942 24779 — Private Piet Tau, N/8035, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Killed in action.

- 1942 26659 — Captain Willem Johannes Van Der Merwe, 21635, Regiment President Steyn, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Killed in action.

- 1942 27421 — Private Sarel Petrus Jacobus Visagie, 106219, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died of wounds, shrapnel wound to the face and head, received in action during a night fighting patrol on 27 October, in the vicinity of El Alamein.

- 1943 2104 — Lieutenant Charles Murray De Villiers Booysen, 328725V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458.

- 1943 7971 — Lieutenant Geoffrey Clifford Geerdts, 102541V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA659.

- 1943 16341 — Lieutenant Ian Murray Meiring, 205714V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458.

- 1943 20541 — Warrant Officer Class I Izak Hermanus Potgieter, 279828V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA458.

- 1943 20906 — Warrant Officer Class I Christiaan Jacobus Rabie, 577388V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20. Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA659.

- 1943 23713 — Private James Soetwater, N/2083, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Murdered.

- 1943 24205 — Second Lieutenant Jan Albert Steyn, 54242SV, 45 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, collided with Anson 4357 and ditched in sea off Cape Recife, in Avro Anson #3193.

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