We remember those who died in service on this day:
1900
46028Burgher Herman (Chaim) Judelowitz, Boer Forces.Killed in action, Kheis.
1900
48222Burgher Philip Albertus Opperman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 22.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1900
45134Burgher George Frederick Rautenbach, Boksburg vk Dercksen Commando (Boer Forces), aged 63.Killed in action, Kliprivierberg near Vaalrivier.
1901
46768Burgher Frederik Christoffel De Wet, State Artillery Pretoria Commando (Boer Forces), aged 32.Killed in action, Majatjesnek/Malaboch ZPB.
1901
47709Burgher Gert Jacobus Malan, Ermelo Commando (Boer Forces), aged 56.Killed in action, Carolina dist.
1901
44770Burgher Helgaard Borchards Steyn, M Maritz Commando (Boer Forces), aged 26.Killed in action, Witput/Lekkeroog Cavlinia.
1902
48325Burgher Hendrik Johannes Badenhorst, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 58.Died of hepatitis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1906
39240Trooper Thomas Malone, 84, 2 Independent Company (Royston's Horse), aged 19.Killed in action, at Tate.
1906
33082Trooper Hugh Scott Steel, 67866301, 2 Special Service Battalion (Umvoti Division Reserve), aged 20.Killed in action, during Bambatha / Zulu Rebellion of 1906.
1915
2500Private Harry Ernest Branfield, 1726, Southern Rifles, aged 19.Died of chicken pox.
1916
9539Private Jacobus Johannes Hayward, 5219, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of malaria.
1916
10000Corporal Francis Garner Hoal, A/202, British South African Police, aged 25.Killed in action.
1916
11259Staff Sergeant Johnson, 350, South African Service Corps.Died on active service.
1916
11431Captain George Alfred Prime Jones, 17 Reserve Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 21.Died in Aircraft Accident, B.E.2c 4335, lost speed on low turn, Cudham, near Westerham, Kent.
1916
12003Private Harold J Kemp, A/164, British South African Police.Killed on northern border, while on picquet duty.
1916
12437Second Lieutenant Edgar Frederick Knight, 3rd Bn. (London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)), aged 24.Killed in action.
1916
12799Farrier Stephanus Martinus Labuschagne, T/1131, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps).Died of enteric fever.
1916
12947Private Darwin Howard Langston, 1088, 4th Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 23.Died of malaria.
1916
14418Private Arnold C Madsen, 6561, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24.Died of malaria.
1916
19281Private William George Ogston, 9579, 12th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24.Died of malaria.
1916
19753Sergeant George Robert Patmore, 132, 1st (South African Horse).Died of malaria and heart failure.
1916
23006Private John Short, A/178, "A" Coy. (British South African Police), aged 20.Killed in action.
1916
24031Private Hugh Malcolm Steele, A/172, British South African Police, aged 26.Died on active service.
1917
17777Private Johannes Mphahetsane (Mpaketsoane), 3781, 5th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of dropsy, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.
1917
23074Labourer Kleinbooi Sighudla, 4631, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of dysentery, at Buku Buku.
1918
7112Private George Frederick Fife, 7216, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of chronic bronchitis and kidney disease.
11672Sergeant Major Thomas Emil Jurgensen, 1494, South African Medical Corps.Died of pneumonia.
1918
13075Sapper Thomas Rattrey Lawson, SAR/663, 93rd Coy. Railway Overseas Dominion Section. (South African Railway Operating Company), aged 36.Died of wounds.
1918
16365Captain Harold Walton Mellor, Royal Fusiliers, aged 25.Died of fever, at Nampula.
1918
17722Private Stanley Motshumi, 16630, South African Native Labour Corps.Died of pneumonia, at sea, en route U.K. to South Africa, on H.S. "Gascon,".
1918
18972Sapper James Northcote, SAR/585, 93rd Coy. Railway Overseas Dominion Section. (South African Railway Operating Company).Killed in action.
1918
24099Corporal Stephens, 796, South African Railway Services.Died on active service.
1919
11803Labourer Bob Kanyele, 20656, Boats and Animals (South African Native Labour Bureau), aged 35.Died of tuberculosis, after discharge, at Kimberley Hospital.
1940
6879Wing Commander James MacGregor Fairweather, 07077, Royal Air Force, aged 42.Killed in action, torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea while evacuating UK and Belgian soldiers, airmen and civilians from Ostend on the last day of the Battle of Belgium. As Abukir slowly headed west for England, Luftwaffe aircraft bombed her for an hour and a half but failed to hit her. Then at 0115 hrs on 28 May a 44-knot (81 km/h) Kriegsmarine E-boat, S-34 commanded by OLt.z.S Obermaier, attacked her off Nieuwpoort near the Westhinder or the Noordhinder light vessel. Abukir's Captain, Rowland Morris-Woolfenden, took a zigzag course by which the coaster avoided two torpedoes from S-34. The coaster sighted S-34 off her port bow 20 minutes later. Morris-Woolfenden changed course to ram the torpedo boat, but with a top speed of only 8 knots (15 km/h) Abukir was too slow. S-34 fired two more torpedoes. The first missed, but the second hit the coaster amidships, blowing her in two. Abukir burst into flames and sank within a minute. She was the first Allied ship to be sunk by an E-boat.
1940
16767Fireman and Trimmer Mitchell, S.S. Abukir (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 23.Killed in action, torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea while evacuating UK and Belgian soldiers, airmen and civilians from Ostend on the last day of the Battle of Belgium. As Abukir slowly headed west for England, Luftwaffe aircraft bombed her for an hour and a half but failed to hit her. Then at 0115 hrs on 28 May a 44-knot (81 km/h) Kriegsmarine E-boat, S-34 commanded by OLt.z.S Obermaier, attacked her off Nieuwpoort near the Westhinder or the Noordhinder light vessel. Abukir's Captain, Rowland Morris-Woolfenden, took a zigzag course by which the coaster avoided two torpedoes from S-34. The coaster sighted S-34 off her port bow 20 minutes later. Morris-Woolfenden changed course to ram the torpedo boat, but with a top speed of only 8 knots (15 km/h) Abukir was too slow. S-34 fired two more torpedoes. The first missed, but the second hit the coaster amidships, blowing her in two. Abukir burst into flames and sank within a minute. She was the first Allied ship to be sunk by an E-boat.
1940
24657Flight Lieutenant Humfrey Ewan Symons, 72952, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 40.Killed in action, torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea while evacuating UK and Belgian soldiers, airmen and civilians from Ostend on the last day of the Battle of Belgium. As Abukir slowly headed west for England, Luftwaffe aircraft bombed her for an hour and a half but failed to hit her. Then at 0115 hrs on 28 May a 44-knot (81 km/h) Kriegsmarine E-boat, S-34 commanded by OLt.z.S Obermaier, attacked her off Nieuwpoort near the Westhinder or the Noordhinder light vessel. Abukir's Captain, Rowland Morris-Woolfenden, took a zigzag course by which the coaster avoided two torpedoes from S-34. The coaster sighted S-34 off her port bow 20 minutes later. Morris-Woolfenden changed course to ram the torpedo boat, but with a top speed of only 8 knots (15 km/h) Abukir was too slow. S-34 fired two more torpedoes. The first missed, but the second hit the coaster amidships, blowing her in two. Abukir burst into flames and sank within a minute. She was the first Allied ship to be sunk by an E-boat.
1941
8807Gunner Christian Johannes Grobbelaar, 105153, South African Artillery.Died on active service.
1942
1808Bombardier Arthur Edward Bingham, 143703, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery).Killed in action.
1942
2254Private Louis Jacobus Botha, SAP/197014, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 36.Killed in action.
1942
2852Gunner Herbert Eaton Browne, 113872, 5 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 35.Killed in action, at Gazala, Libya.
1942
4525Captain Cyril Eric Evanson Coryndon-Baker, 196822, 2nd (South African Police).Killed in action, in command of Commonwealth outpost near Acroma Keep, North Africa.
1942
6054Private Du Plessis, 7354, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 28.Died on active service.
1942
12640Private Johannes Wilhemus Kroukamp, 7115, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 33.Died on active service.
1942
12903Lance Bombardier Reginald Lionel Landsberg, 89761, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 22.Killed in action.
1942
16050Corporal Henry Alexander McIver, 188090, South African Medical Corps, aged 30.Killed in action.
1942
17869Private Minjeni Mtetwa, N/24230, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Killed in action.
1942
18275Private Harry Mzolisa, N/26774, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22.Killed in action.
1942
19497Gunner Bertie Hales Oswald, 105830, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 22.Killed in action.
1942
20113Private Jacobus Hendrik Petzer, 93200, 2nd Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 28.Missing, Death Presumed.
1942
20180Lance Corporal Marthinus Phillips, C/165819, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1942
21343Sergeant Basil John Ressell, 2120, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 23.Killed in action, at Gazala, Libya.
1942
23552Gunner Jan G. Smith, 105070, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 32.Died on active service.
1942
24219Sergeant Petrus Josias Fourie Steyn, 62659, South African Corps of Military Police.Died on active service.
1943
565Sapper Thomas Arthur Annan, 192159, 4 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 21.Died whilst a POW.
1943
12133Private Madiga Johannes Kgarea, N/14707, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Shot by Italian guard, whilst a POW.
1943
12535Private Jacobus Kolodi, N/81127, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of septicaemia.
1943
13993Able Seaman Lucas, 152875, H.M.S.A.S. Donkin (South African Naval Forces).Died on active service.
1943
17524Major Rupert Ernest Morrison, 87379, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 57.Died on active service.
1943
20208Private Fraser Phiri, N/66399, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 33.Died of uraemia.
1943
20513Rifleman Isaac Port, 11588, Kaffrarian Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 27.Died of wounds, received in air raid at Camp 75, whilst a POW.
1943
22423Corporal Stephanus Gerhardus Schoeman, 43590, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 51.Died of carcinoma of liver.
1943
25518Corporal August Julius Carl Victor Trusler, 51243, South African Corps of Signals, aged 28.Died at Camp 75, whilst a POW.
1943
28736Signaller Raymond Harold Wittstock, 251589, 5th Bde. Sigs. Coy. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 18.Died whilst a POW.
1944
24216Private Pieter Gabriel Steyn, 702881, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 69.Died of congestive cardiac failure.
1944
26968Lieutenant Hendrik Petrus Nicolaas Van Rhyn, 143252V, South African Artillery, aged 34.Killed in action.
1945
11580Lieutenant Francois Jacobus Joubert, P/1694V, South African Artillery, aged 51.Died on active service.
1945
22446Corporal Willem Petrus Schonken, 138024V, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 54.Died on active service.
1946
13769Private George Newton Loggenberg, 278656, South African Medical Corps, aged 23.Died on active service.
1947
6998Trooper James Fell, 590037V, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 33.Died on active service.
1954
38291Constable David Yiba, 136029, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 49.Murdered by natives.
1955
37961Constable Daan P Van Der Merwe, 29251, Primrose CID (South African Police), aged 22.Accidentally killed, shot.
1961
34885Constable Stephen Charles Hamore, 131697, 1c Dist (C.I.Dept) CW Div (South African Police), aged 42.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1969
37611Detective Constable Gary Robin Simon, 135623, Witwatersrand (South African Police), aged 19.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1970
30065Private Bartholomeus Stephanus Diedericks, 68413343BA, TS Training Centre (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 18.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Pretoria. He died from head injuries when he was caught between a Bedford and a gatepost while standing guard at the TS Training Centre.
1976
39139Private Michael Chuonda, 644632, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 25.Died of injuries, head injuries received in a Motor Vehicle Accident on the Salisbury - Bulawayo road.
1978
40912Private Leslie Dennis Max, 71270, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 28.Died of natural causes, on active service.
1978
40179Private Peter Cecil Stanley Pearmain, 387964, 4th Battalion (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 40.Died of natural causes.
1978
40185Private Peter Phillips, 127975, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 19.Died on active service.
1978
33154Candidate Officer Stephanus Rudolph Strydom, 74287186BG, Infantry School Oudtshoorn, Instructor Group (South African Infantry Corps), aged 20.Died in Shooting Accident, struck by a bullet resulting from an accidental discharge of a fellow soldier's rifle while at Grootfontein.
1979
34403Detective Warrant Officer John David, S132282M, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 49.KOAS - COIN duty in Ovamboland.
1979
38512Private Stanley Dundee, 23088, H.q. (Rhodesian Intelligence Corps), aged 21.Died in Shooting Incident.
1979
30453Special WO David Gabriel, 76926781SP, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 36.Killed in action, driving from Ondangwa to Oshakati and gave a lift to a man who, unknown to him, was a member of SWAPO/PLAN. Halfway to Oshakati Warrant Gabriel stopped alongside the road to relieve himself, leaving his FN rifle in the vehicle with the passenger. The SWAPO/PLAN passenger took the rifle and shot him dead before successfully making his escape.
1979
40807Auxiliary Constable Mark Robson Karibo, 200537, Aru (British South Africa Police), aged 35.Died on active service.
1979
38045Sergeant Johan George Van N Esterhuizen, W57599E, 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div (South African Police), aged 29.KOAS - COIN duty in Ovamboland. Member of Koevoet.
1983
33413Lance Corporal Frank Pieter Leendert Van Der Bijl, 79254371BG, 101 Field Workshop (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 20.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, accidentally fell under the wheels of a moving Samil truck.
1983
33793Colonel Stefanus Sebastian Walters, 81541765PE, Military Intelligence, Pretoria (South African Air Force), aged 43.Died of injuries received in a car bomb attack on SAAF HQ in Pretoria, 17 killed 197 injured.
1984
31100Signaller Daniel Hendrik Klue, 81307423BG, Army Battle School (South African Corps of Signals), aged 19.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Olifantshoek.
1985
29317Special Constable Frans Bajiyu, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 24.Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland.
1985
29507Lieutenant Michael Robert Borthwick, 74595992BC, NW Command Workshop (South African Personnel Services Corps), aged 27.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on Pietersburg Highway, while on duty.
1985
38207Constable Johannes Jurgens Vos, W403850R, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South African Police), aged 20.Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents in Northern Owamboland.
1986
32567Trooper Johann Pretorius, 82581489BG, 1 Special Service Battalion (1st Special Service Battalion), aged 21.Killed in action, when his Eland 90 armoured car detonated a landmine during counter-insurgency operations near Ruacana.
1992
41841Lance Corporal Alfonso Manzambe, 76926567PD, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 44.Died of cerebral bleeding, resulting from hypertension, at Pomfret.
1992
41739Warrant Officer Class II Edward Bradley Reid, 71263990PE, Army Battle School (South African Catering Corps), aged 36.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on the Postmasburg - Kuruman main road.
1993
34988Warrant Officer Anton Hood, 0033928-8, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 19.KOAS - COIN duty in Ovamboland. Member of Koevoet.
1993
35487Constable Jacob H Mabaso, 0447335-3, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 30.Shot and killed by unknown gunmen on the Soweto Highway outside Johannesburg.
1998
37720Inspector Paul Jacobus Steenkamp, 68675-1, Riot Unit 6 (South African Police), aged 23.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1999
34250Detective Sergeant George Buthelezi, 455136-2, Head Office (South African Police), aged 53.Drowned on duty.
1999
35039Sergeant William Fletcher Jali, 484290-1, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 49.Died of lobar pneumonia and pleurisy, at Kensington Sanatorium.