48470Burgher Fcf Hess, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 16.Died of unknown while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.
1901
45053Burgher Jacobus Rossouw, Boer Forces, aged 17.Killed in action, Kroonstad.
1915
10710Lieutenant Harold Irvine, 13th Bn. (Worcestershire Regiment), aged 29.Died of wounds.
1916
1874Private Bernard Robert Blackbeard, 9135, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of dysentery.
1916
9406Private Walter Samuel Harvey, 4600, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of wounds, at Handeni.
1916
25566Labourer Jim Tshenge, 3953, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau).Died of pneumonia, at Taveta.
1916
26465Rifleman Dirk Cornelius Johannes Uys, 5747, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 21.Died of enteric fever.
1917
3275Lance Corporal Robert Rose Cameron, 475, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment).Killed in action.
1917
4444Second Lieutenant Cyril Ashley Cooper, 2 (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery (Royal Flying Corps), aged 24.Killed in a flying accident, at Maidens, an Ayrshire fishing village at the southern end of Maidenhead Bay 2 miles north of Turnberry and 5 miles west of Maybole.
1917
7856Sergeant Major John Lambert Garard, 4135, East African Service Corps, aged 33.Killed in action.
1917
10278Private Horace Stanley Horne, 9023, 1st Bn. (Norfolk Regiment), aged 20.Died of wounds.
1917
15470Driver Salatiel Matel, 12555, South African Native Labour Bureau.Kisiwani.
1917
17327Labourer Joseph Montsica, 15198, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps).Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.
1918
7692Private John Frieslaar, 15968, 30th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis.
1918
8894Lieutenant Reginald Edward Guise, 12th Bn. (Gloucestershire Regiment), aged 21.Killed in action.
1918
9793Private Peter Heuvel, 2245, 1st (Cape Corps).Died of malaria and dysentery.
17398Private Lepokela Moqibi, 20339, South African Native Labour Corps.Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
18904Private Billy Nodiwu, 17622, South African Native Labour Corps.Died of pneumonia, at sea.
1918
24981Lieutenant Arnold Theobald, 7th Bn. (Royal Scots), aged 28.Died on active service.
1920
18125Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Ernest Murray, Southern Rhodesia Column (British South African Police), aged 46.Died of heart disease, contracted in German East Africa.
1922
37363Detective Constable Alfred George Rohland, W405561M, 48 Dist (Umtata) Tkei Div (South African Police), aged 36.Killed while on duty in Johannesburg.
1930
32598Air Apprentice John Cadogan Aubrey Pritchard, 405, 2 Field Engineer Regiment (South African Air Force), aged 20.Died in Motorcycle Accident.
1940
252Flight Lieutenant Allan Stuart Ainslie, 37310, 210 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 27.Killed in action, Sunderland I N9026, lost with flying-boat and crew over the North Sea, in the Western Approaches, Atlantic Ocean.
1940
3162Stoker 1st Class Albert Edward Butterworth, D/KX 90683, H.M.S. Willamette Valley (Royal Navy), aged 21.Killed in action, ship loss.
1940
5554Captain Cyril Robert Dennis, 639626, 2nd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 36.Accidentally killed, gun shot wound to head.
1940
11731Lance Corporal Natelele Kalilika, NRA/672, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment).Died on active service.
1940
15280Air Mechanic Joseph Christopher Martin, 100475, South African Air Force, aged 56.Died of coronary infarction.
1941
7174Private Fish, CT/893, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 56.Died on active service.
1941
10632Private Walter George Hyde, 6798, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 46.Died on active service.
1941
16910Private Willie Mnyjezi, N/13836, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of Hodgkin's Disease.
1941
17984Sergeant James Bernardus Muller, C/166837, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1941
25363Private Christopher Tomlinson, 120705, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1941
28245Sergeant Reginald Walter Whitfield, 196760, 2nd Bn. (South African Police), aged 39.Died of peritonitis.
1942
856Corporal Cornelia Johanna Badenhorst, W/151119, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 18.Died of chronic nephritis.
1942
1849Lieutenant Victor Gerald Bissett, 102496, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 22.Died in Aircraft Accident, in Blenheim #9617.
1942
2045Second Lieutenant Richard Michael Bolton, 235422, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 28.Died in Aircraft Accident, in Blenheim #9617.
1942
4850Air Sergeant Trevor James Curtis, 205588, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 24.Died in Aircraft Accident, in Blenheim #9617.
1942
6129Private Dennis Hendry Stephen Du Preez, 31675, Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces, aged 20.Killed in action, at El Alamein. Died in an accident while engaged in mine laying.
1942
8430Private Morris Gordon, C/274418, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20.Died of broncho pneumonia, whilst a POW.
1942
9550Lieutenant John Henry Heald, 103689, 40 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22.Killed in aircraft accident. Piloting a Hurricane for a tactical run of battle area, he crashed into a Beaufort parked on landing ground, which caused the torpedo which it was loaded to explode, killing him instantly.
1942
12836Private Willie Lakay, M/18438, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of injuries, received accidentally.
1942
21306Lieutenant Thomas Michael Anthony Reilly, 103666V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 25.Died in Aircraft Accident.
1942
24030Air Mechanic George France Steele, 312556, South African Air Force, aged 26.Died of heart failure.
1942
27166Gunner Johannes Stephanus Fourie Van Zyl, 12286, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 33.Died of wounds.
1942
28035Air Sergeant Ernest Wells, 205394V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 30.Died in Aircraft Accident, in Blenheim #9617.
1943
1842Captain Sidney Bishop-Brown, 179862, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of bleeding duodenal ulcer.
1943
14258Pilot Officer Ernest William MacK, Malayan Volunteer Air Force, aged 36.Died of general weakness and diarrhoea.
1943
16901Private Sigim Mnguni, N/63942, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of dysentery.
1943
18609Lieutenant Eric Tom Newby, 103751V, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Died in Aircraft Accident, hit sea in turn off Ben Gardane on air test, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk III #FR290.
1943
18898Flight Sergeant Mervyn Barnaby Noble, 777884, 12 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22.Killed in action, Lancaster EE195, crashed in the sea off Holland.
1944
80Private Peter Absolom, M/16028, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of general paralysis.
1944
117Private Dick Adams, M/24927, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died in the Roeland Street Jail, Cape Town, on active service.
1944
1203Warrant Officer Class II William Stuart Barrett, 206221V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21.Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF and 1 RAAF), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW104.
1944
2991Lieutenant Herbert Hardy Bunce, 73490V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG970.
1944
5831Lieutenant Denis Wallingford Dodd, 97407V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28.Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG839, 7 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania.
1944
7111Lieutenant Donald Eric Fietze, 542377V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23.Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG839, 7 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania.
1944
7288Warrant Officer Class II Dennis Theodore Flynn, 581315V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF and 1 RAAF), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW104.
1944
8977Lieutenant David Jamieson Stewart Haggie, 207165V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF and 1 RAAF), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW104.
1944
10827Air Mechanic Albertus Gideon (Bertie) Jacobs, 210300, South African Air Force, aged 46.Committed suicide, intentionally swallowed excess quantity of luminal tablets.
1944
13432Private Samuel Letoaba, N/76585, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of tuberculosis and meningitis.
1944
13626Lieutenant Dunstan Lindley, 543056V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF and 1 RAAF), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW104.
1944
15155Private Johannes Gerhardus Andries Maritz, 589261V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 22.Died of wounds, received gunshot wounds to his arm and pelvis during the advance on Citta della Pieve on the 17th June. Troops of "D" Coy, supported by tanks from Pretoria Regimentt, were engaging the enemy in the vicinity of the brickworks.
1944
16705Lieutenant Gordon Bruce Mills, 18742V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG839, 7 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania.
1944
17752Major Jacobus Andreas Mouton, 103342V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26.Killed in action, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG970. Major Mouton was killed together with mid-upper gunner Lieutenant Bunce during a mission to bomb the oil storage tanks on the northbank of Danube at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest on 28th June 1944. Bomber B-24 E 970F was hit by nightfighters. Mouton and Bunce were killed, the rest of the crew managed to bail out and became Prisoners-of-War.
1944
21360Air Mechanic Adam Johannes Reyneke, 100889V, 34 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 20.Died in lorry accident, fell off and died instantly.
1944
23804Lieutenant Richard George Southey, 542595V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, 7 crew (1 RAF and 1 RAAF), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW104.
1944
25474Warrant Officer Class I George William Harry Trezona, 222759V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 33.Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG839, 7 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania.
1944
26646Sergeant Johannes Lodewikus Andrias Van Der Merwe, 173180V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28.Accidentally killed, knocked down by vehicle.
1944
26699Captain Tobias Alexander Mostert Van Der Spuy, 47506V, 31 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 34.Killed in action, Liberator B24J Mk VI #KG839, 7 crew (2 RAFVR), shot down while attacking the oil storage tanks at Giurgiu, south of Bucharest, Romania.
1944
28838Trooper George Woolley, 232241V, Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces, aged 20.Died of wounds, received whilst a driver of a Honey tank, part of the Recce Troop. They were looking for a route into Acquaviva when they hit a Teller mine.
1945
1918Private John Blanckenberg, M/24493V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36.Accidentally killed, fall from window on the third floor level of building.
1945
4428Corporal Edward Merton Coombe, 130604V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 44.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1945
19828Bombardier George Edward Payne, 114002V, South African Artillery, aged 40.Died of myocardial degeneration.
1945
24319Bombardier George Lewis Strachan, 51212, South African Artillery, aged 45.Died on active service.
1946
18562Company Sergeant Major John Scullen Nelson, 702318, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 62.Died on active service.
1946
26825Corporal Hendrik Johannes Van Heerden, 107876V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 39.Died on active service.
1946
27320Private Hector Ralph Vice, P/6361, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23.Died on active service.
1947
26672Private Hendrik Daniel Didie Van Der Post, 185395, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 50.Died on active service.
1952
38003Constable Hendrik Jacobus Van Der Westhuizen, 27213, North West Province (South African Police), aged 21.Died in Motor Vehicle Accident, run down by car, culpable homicide.
1965
30437Major Philip Arthur French, 478966, Armoured Corps (Royal Army Medical Corps), aged 33.Died on active service.
1965
31730Captain Peter Maxwell, PX50440, Combat Flight School (South African Air Force), aged 42.Died in Military Aircraft Accident, Harvard #7719 crashed at Potcefstroom Airfield while attempting a low level roll. Left wing struck the ground.
1965
32817Lieutenant Lourens Benjamin Schlesinger, PX23859, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Killed in aircraft accident, near Louis Trichardt, in Canadair CL13B Sabre #360. Suspected bird strike, the pilot did not eject.
1976
39505District Assistant Lazero Kabasa, 74049, Protected Village Protection Group (Internal Affairs), aged 27.Killed in action, near Mtoko, Op Hurricane.
1978
38456Sergeant Hatikuri Reuben Dzobo, 19469, Traffic Police (British South Africa Police), aged 30.Died in Vehicle Accident.
1982
33600Lance Corporal Jacobus Johannes Gerhardus Van Staden, 75450353PE, 61 Base Workshop (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 22.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Tsumeb, SWA. He was crushed between two vehicles during recovery operations.
1985
29237Rifleman Andreas, 85854966SW, 101 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 23.Died in Shooting Incident.
1988
30314Rifleman Christiaan Fick, 85358893, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19.Injured in a private vehicle accident, while on a weekend pass and died the same day in Kimberley Hospital, from his injuries.
1989
37647Detective Warrant Officer Alucia Herculaas Smit, W86944R, Traffic Police (South African Police), aged 28.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1990
38180Warrant Officer Louis Johannes Visagie, W408870W, 70 Dist (Rustenburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 30.Died while assisting in firefighting, in the Vryburg area.
41820Pioneer Frank Sinki Motshegwa, 80153331HB, 202 Battalion (Norther), aged 35.Died in Vehicle Accident, hit and run accident in Proes Street, Pretoria.
1992
38199Detective Sergeant Brand W Voeght, 0164428-9, Mondeor John Vorster Square Fraud Squad (South African Police), aged 24.Shot dead in his vehicle on the N1 near Johannesburg, after stopping with a flat tyre.
1993
37485Warrant Officer Hosea Matsobane Selai, 0157537-6, Crime Intelligence Service, Katlehong (South African Police), aged 21.Shot dead by a gang of unknown youths in Katlehong Township.
1995
36503Constable Lovesh Motswadi Or Motswai, 0515468-5, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 29.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1995
36574Sergeant or Assistant Detective Sergeant S Phillip Mthabela, 0910246-9, Eastern Cape (South African Police), aged 30.Murdered by suspects.
1996
37476Constable Hosea Matsobane Sejane, 0518121-6, Limpopo Province (South African Police), aged 21.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1996
33952Rifleman Thabani Willie Zuma, 94677911, 121 South African Infantry Battalion (SA Army), aged 45.Died in Military Vehicle Accident,at Mabalingwe. The trip was unauthorised and he was out of base without permission.
1998
32938Corporal Mario Shuete, 90722612, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 21.Died in Private Vehicle Accident, at Cambell.
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