We remember those who died in service on this day:
1900
47013Burgher Edward Coetzer, Lichtenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 19.Killed in action, Lichtenburg.
1900
44490Burgher Jan Willem Van Der Merwe, Dullstroom Commando (Boer Forces), aged 31.Killed in action, Dalmanutha.
1901
47240Burgher Petrus Christoffel Botha, Boer Forces, aged 74.Killed in action, Bloemfontein.
1901
45279Burgher J E Potgieter, Boer Forces, aged 53.Killed in action, Pretoria.
1902
47794Burgher Phillippus Jacobus Wwiller, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 31.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1906
29872Trooper Arthur Jackson Crisp, 76599661, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (Natal Mounted Rifles), aged 28.Died of cerebral hemorrhage and coma, in Bambatha / Zulu Rebellion of 1906.
1915
4628Sergeant Herbert Edwin Holroyd Craig, S/3875, 9th Bn. (Gordon Highlanders), aged 28.Died of wounds.
1916
10726Driver Anthony Isaacs, 5388, attd. 2nd Mounted Bde. South African Service Corps (South African Native Labour Bureau), aged 29.Died of pneumonia, at Handeni.
1916
15913Private Alexander McDonald, 4690, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40.Died of wounds, received 19th/22nd March 1916.
1916
19296Sergeant Ernest Francis Oldfield, 645, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22.Died of wounds.
1917
8691Sergeant Robert Cottle-Green, 139048, 319th Siege Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 24.Died of wounds, received 18th July.
1917
5030Sergeant Phillip Lloyd Davey, MT/5070, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 18.Died of dysentery, at sea, on Dunluce Castle.
1917
6067Henry Du Plessis, 7853, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died at Aberdeen A D.
1917
11282Private Jacob Johnson, 2434, 1st (Cape Corps).Accidentally killed, shot while on sentry duty by an officer of the corps.
1917
15798Captain Andrew McAllister, Lines of Communication (Royal Engineers), aged 49.Died on active service.
1917
18656Labourer Eva Ngazana, 3653, Bakery Section (South African Native Labour Bureau).Died of malaria, at Morogoro.
1917
23570Private Marthinus Smith, 6952, 2nd (Cape Corps).Died of acute bronchitis and cardiac muscle.
1918
2151Second Lieutenant John James Borrowman, 22nd Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 27.Killed in action.
1918
2597Driver Arthur Bright, MT/2560, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 54.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1918
3238Lance Corporal Herbert Calderbank, 266068, 2nd/7th Bn. (The King's (Liverpool Regiment)), aged 22.Died on active service.
1918
4953Lieutenant Arthur Hector Ross Daniel, 85th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 24.Killed in action, at Bertangles, in puzzling aircraft crash. After taking off and climbing machine suddenly nosedived. Was seen to be hanging over the side as if ill. Sudden onset of 1918 flu?
1918
13976Second Lieutenant Lionel D'Estelle Loxton, 10th Bn. (South Wales Borderers).Killed in action.
1918
14348Private John Roderick MacLeod, 511699, 1st/14th Bn. (London Regiment (London Scottish)).Killed in action.
1918
14677Private John Makier, 2986, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 33.Died of pneumonia, at Nablus Road.
1918
15661Private Joseph Mavela, 25262, 42nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
17063Sapper James Moig, WSC/141, South African Water Supply Corps.Died of hydrated cyst.
1918
18561Gunner John Holger Nelson, 1973, 74th Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 33.Killed in action.
1918
19154Private Ndabeni Nyumbane, 19227, South African Native Labour Corps.Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
21454Private William Charles Richardson, 4186, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of effects of gassing.
1918
24123Gunner Arthur Harold Stevens, 2094, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 22.Killed in action.
1918
27660Captain Lionel Henry Walsh, 7th Bn. (London Regiment), aged 38.Died of wounds, when the 7th London (174th Brigade, 58th London Division) was in action in Maricourt sector.
1918
28977Lieutenant Walter Charles Yates, H.M.S. "Hyacinth" (Royal Navy), aged 53.Died of pneumonia and syncope.
1920
4893Corporal F Thomas Dale, 5684, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces.Died of rheumatic fever.
1940
4763Corporal Marshall Porter Croxford, 1st (Perak) Bn. (Federated Malay States Volunteer Force), aged 40.Died on active service.
1941
1195Sergeant Duncan Henry Barrett, 901205, 49 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Killed in action, Hampden AE126, target Duisburg, Germany, Shot down by Oberleutnant Helmut Lent (4./NJG1), flying a night-fighter, crashed in Wadden Sea.
1941
5424Private Jure Le Roux De Villiers, 34499, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24.Died on active service.
1941
19676Sergeant Gordon John Parkin, 778437, 19 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20.Killed in action, failed to return from operational flight off the coast of Holland, Spitfire P8243.
1942
5858Sergeant Gerald Anthony Doman, 778666, 35 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Killed in action, Halifax Mk.II #W7676, hit by flak.
1942
8613Sergeant James William Gray, 922567, 149 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 31.Killed in action, Stirling N6081, Nuremburg. 159 aircraft despatched- incurred 23 losses. Low altitude attack. PFF used target indicators for the first time and were able to place them with great accuracy. Much damage in the Altstadt and the Nazi rally area in the south of the city, shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 34 km NE of Mannheim.
1942
12597Lieutenant Joseph A Kourie, 104000, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 or C202 near El Alamein, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK760.
1942
22234Private Israel Sandler, 315835, South African Medical Corps, aged 25.Died of strephtoccal meningitis and acute otitis media, at Sonderwater.
1942
25312Private Nell Tlale, N/29347, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of wounds.
1942
27592Corporal John Walker, 229823, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 55.Died on active service.
1943
2733Private April Brouwers, M/22827, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces.Died after discharge.
1943
7452Corporal Hendrik H Fourie, 115003V, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 45.Died on active service.
1943
13337Able Seaman William Frederick Lenz, 69544, H.M.S.A.S. Goede Hoop (South African Naval Forces).Died on active service.
1943
15163Sergeant Alexander Frederick Marklew, SR/598269V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 34.Died of injuries, shrapnel wound to right eye, from accidental grenade explosion.
1943
24351Air Corporal Eric George Street, 100393V, 40 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19.Accidental death, electrocuted when his truck, stuck in mud, hit a power line.
1943
26758Private Stella Van Der Westhuizen, W/161308, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces, aged 16.Died on active service.
1944
1100Corporal Thomas Richard Barker, 701206, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 59.Died on active service.
1944
10184Private Leslie Arthur Holton, 84048V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 21.Killed in action, by own fire during house clearing operations in Casa Billieri, Italy.
1944
12565Sergeant Jacobus Abraham Koortz, 19126V, First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 25.Died of wounds, received in an own fire incident while clearing houses in Casa Billieri.
1944
13132Squadron Leader Johannes Jacobus Le Roux, 42240, 602 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 23.Died in Aircraft Accident, taken off from France and was attempting to make his way through appalling weather to Tangmere. He never reached the coast and crashed into the Channel.
1944
13212Lance Corporal John Muirhead Lee, 193787V, 8 Field Sqdn. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 32.Died on active service.
1944
13942Private Rowland Everett Lovegrove, 6982609, 2nd Bn. The Glasgow Highlanders (Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)), aged 29.Died on active service.
1944
19684Lieutenant Stanley Lionel Parr, 328748V, South African Air Force, aged 27.Died of injuries, received in Aircraft Accident, crashed in turn at low altitude, in De Havilland DH82a Tiger Moth #2154.
23409Air Mechanic Rubin Gerhardus Kruiwagen Smit, 337825V, 58 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1945
9374Air Mechanic Ferdinand Daniel Hartzenberg, 208093V, South African Air Force, aged 23.Died of carcinoma of left testicle.
1945
12339Private Harold George Kirton, 233006V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 20.Drowned, in a boating accident in the sea near Diano Marina, Italy. While on a boating pleasure trip with some friends, he fell off the rowing boat in choppy seas and drowned.
1945
21145Private William Rassie, C/274488, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35.Died of chronic myocarditis, after discharge.
1945
21556Labourer Takawira Robert, 3507, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps.Died on active service.
1945
27408Private Visagie, C/286198, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 27.Died on active service.
1946
9624Lance Corporal Archibald Hector McDonald Henderson, 154452, South African Engineer Corps, aged 46.Died on active service.
1946
11833Private Thomas Karsten, M/11601, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 43.Died after discharge.
1947
25110Lance Bombardier Thompson, 45648, 11 Field Bty. (South African Artillery), aged 32.Died on active service.
1955
38241Jan S S Wepener, W81156H, Witwatersrand (South African Police), aged 35.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1965
34100Daniel Johannes Bissett, 0925585-1, 37 Dist (Heidelberg) Tvl Div (South African Railway Police), aged 24.Shot and killed during an armed attack on the Mabopani Police Station.
1969
35032Constable Gregory Jafta, 128389, Northern Cape (South African Police), aged 20.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1970
32810Flight Sergeant Theodorus Erns Scheepers, 73553505N, 28 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 40.Died during an emergency brain operation while on attached duty in Atlanta U.S.A.
1973
35754Constable Phineas Manci, S158792N, Municipal Police (South African Police), aged 27.KIA - shot in ambush in Rhodesia while on COIN duty.
1974
31601Lance Corporal Stephanus Marais, 70264544R, 2 Sqdn. (1 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 19.Drowned in Mossel Bay.
1976
36661Constable Enoch Mwceshi, S159717R, Kwazulu Natal (South African Police), aged 28.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1978
38784Section Officer Andrew Mark Langton Smith, 8933, Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 23.Killed in action, in an ambush at Glen Norah Township, Salops.
1979
38506District Security Assistant David Robert James, 9308, Criminal Investigation Division (British South Africa Police), aged 24.Died of wounds.
1979
40878Guard George Sydney Makoni, 84918168SWH, 1st Battalion (Guard Force), aged 30.Died on active service.
1983
35023Detective Sergeant Gideon A Jacobs, W85635K, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 26.KOAS - motor vehicle accident while on COIN duty.
1985
29813Sergeant Petrus Cornelius Frederick Du Plessis Cohen, 74377680PE, Provost Unit (Soutpansberg Military Area), aged 27.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Messina.
1985
31367Lance Corporal Marcell Stephen Lombard, 81222473BG, 2 Field Engineer Regiment (South African Corps of Engineers), aged 29.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, buffel accident, in Sector 10.
1986
29777Sapper Willem Jacobus Coad, 83263863BG, 1 Construction Regiment (South African Corps of Engineers), aged 18.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Komatipoort, water tank rolled.
1987
30685Corporal Kirk Hendriksen, 81032195BG, 5 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 22.Died in Freak Accident, at Pieters Station, near Ladysmith. He fell from train while attempting to try and prevent a prisoner from escaping.
1988
30073Rifleman Cornelis Dilman, 87064085CK, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (1st Special Service Battalion), aged 26.Died in Shooting Incident, another member was fooling around with a rifle and accidentally shot him in the chest. He died the next day at Ondangwa.
1989
36173Constable Cornelius Ephraim Mkhize, S617213T, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 53.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1992
36322Constable Godfrey David Mokoena, 0629536-3, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 29.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1995
34222Gerhard Brummer, W412453N, 44 Dist (Pretoria Depot) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 23.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1998
29832Chief Petty Officer James Constance, 7100279, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (SA Navy), aged 20.Died at Lotus River, Cape Town from unknown causes.
1998
34723Sergeant Henry Fuller, 468606-3, 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 37.Died of Spanish Influenza.
1998
32126Rifleman Johannes Mvokluana, 93656221, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (SA Army), aged 24.Shot himself at Umtata after being involved in a military vehicle accident.
2002
38174Constable Herculaas Johannes Viljoen, 471812-7, 70 Dist (Rustenburg) Tvl Div (South African Police Service), aged 19.Died of Medical Reason, Spanish Influenza.
2003
34341Jaco Coetzee, 122667, Pietermaritzburg (South African Police), aged 28.Died on active service.
2003
35413Inspector Simon Letsoalo Or Letswayo, 453901-0, Eastern Cape (South African Police Service), aged 36.Fatally wounded when he and colleagues tried to apprehend thieves in the Johannesburg city centre.
2004
36089Sergeant Molete Joseph Mello, 455423-0, Mpumalanga (South African Police Service), aged 44.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2004
36802Constable Le Roy Ngcobo, 536418-3, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 25.Died on active service.
2007
35419Sergeant Jacob Likojang, 455665-8, Gauteng (South African Police Service), aged 36.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2009
42581Constable Masiu, 7011631-8, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.
2011
42755Constable Mokgehle, 7089561-9, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.
2022
43271Constable Magwaza, 7234374-5, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.