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ON THIS DAY

29 September

112

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Person # Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Date of Death
686 Arnoldus Lance Corporal Indian and Malay Corps (Corps) 1946-09-29
732 Aspinall William Hibbert Sapper South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service 1918-09-29
29301 Badenhorst Hendrik Jacobus Private South African Medical Health Service 1981-09-29
47557 Barnard Stephanus Philippus Burgher Boer Forces 1901-09-29
29364 Bartie Cecil George Lieutenant (Doctor) South African Medical Health Service 1981-09-29
1481 Bekker Jan Casper Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1940-09-29
40954 Berlin Wilfred Private Prince Alfred's Guard 1942-09-29
47386 Blignaut C F Burgher Pretoria Commando 1901-09-29
1961 Block Jan Leader South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1916-09-29
2007 Boardman Philip Martin Hayes Cadet Royal Air Force 1918-09-29
2295 Botha Willem Hendrik Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1943-09-29
2338 Bouwer Willem Christiaan Warrant Officer Class II South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 1944-09-29
2761 Brown Eric Metcalfe Lieutenant Tank Corps 1917-09-29
49850 Brown Mogamad Reifaat Private South African Ordnance Services Corps 1992-09-29
3295 Campbell Colin Archibald Heron Major Royal Field Artillery 1917-09-29
3364 Carelse Frederick J Able Seaman South African Navy (Corps) 1942-09-29
4204 Cohen Reuben Air Sergeant South African Air Force (Corps) 1942-09-29
4636 Cramer Augustus Henry Marmaduke Lieutenant South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) 1919-09-29
29990 De Kock Albert Seymour Air Mechanic South African Air Force (Corps) 1938-09-29
5350 De La Rey Frederick Joseph Lance Corporal Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 1918-09-29
49848 De Villiers Alan Rochelle Private South African Corps of Engineers 1975-09-29
30027 De Vos Jan Joachim Jaobus Rifleman 4 South African Infantry Battalion 1977-09-29
5590 Dethier Edouard Myers Lieutenant Camp Commandants Staff 1918-09-29
40677 Dodds Geoffrey Kellet Field Reservist British South Africa Police 1977-09-29
5926 Douglas Arthur James Cadet Royal Air Force 1918-09-29
46719 Dreyer Ferdinand J. Burgher Wakkerstroom Commando 1901-09-29
6228 Duff Reginald France Sergeant Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1946-09-29
7012 Fennell George Private 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment) 1918-09-29
30330 Flemmer Edward Lawrence Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force (Corps) 1981-09-29
7369 Forrest-Dunlop John James Flight Cadet Royal Air Force 1918-09-29
30448 Furstenburg Jan Pieter Albertus Sergeant 4 South African Infantry Battalion 1977-09-29
7955 Geard Private Cape Corps 1945-09-29
34758 George Constable 1993-09-29
30481 Golan Guy Major Israeli Defence Forces 1979-09-29
49240 Gough Was To Assault The North End Of Casino But Due To The Fire Power And Bunker System We Were Unable To Progress That Day. There Were Numerous Hunter Strikes And An Extremely Brave Lynx Pilot Overhead That Afternoon. We Saw The Lynx Dive Down Towards The North End Of Casino To Be Met By A Barrage Of Aa Guns 14∙5 12∙7 And Some 20Mm Type Weapons And He Was Lucky Not To Be Hit. Chris And My Troop Assaulted The North End The Following Day. There Was No Resistance But Progress Was Slow Because Of Bunker Clearing And Possible Booby Traps. We Finally Arrived At The Top Of Casino At About Midday And Proceeded To Clear The Area. There Were Plus/Minus 20 Dead Gooks As A Result Of The Air Strikes But Most Had Fled During The Night. After Clearing The North End We Went To The South End. Ted Mann Who Was The Radio Operator For Chris Was Standing In The Vicinity Of Another Scout Who Was Using An Unexploded 30Mm Hunter Canon Shell As A Hammer In An Attempt To Clear A Jammed Ar. The Shell Exploded And Blew The Hands Off The Troopie And Shrapnel Hit Various People Including Myself. Sadly Ted Was Hit In The Chest And Despite The Fact That The Rli Doctor Dr Mills Was On Hand And On Site Within 10 Minutes Ted Died. We Moved Back To The North End For The Night. We Heard Shells Being Fired Over Our Position And Wrongly Assumed The Artillery Were Shelling Some Position Until We Were Informed By Radio That It Was Probably A Tank. Later The Following Day We Left The Area And Moved Back To The Honde Valley And This Was The Period When The Hunter And Canberra Were Shot Down.” Marunga J. Sapper Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps) 1979-09-29
30636 Hart Barry Rifleman 6 South African Infantry Battalion 1990-09-29
9590 Heckler Franz Frederick Private Q Service Corps (Corps) 1943-09-29
9614 Hellet Rowland Jekyl Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 1942-09-29
9743 Heradien Daniel Private Cape Corps 1943-09-29
30702 Herbst Richard Anthony Rifleman 3 South African Infantry Battalion 1981-09-29
9859 Higgins Edward Private 3rd South African Infantry 1917-09-29
34976 Hoffman Johannes Jacobus Detective Warrant Officer 1982-09-29
39438 Hove Office Private Central Intelligence Organisation 1979-09-29
46167 Jacobitz Eduard Burgher Johannesburg 1901-09-29
11012 James Kaluwa Private Northern Rhodesia Regiment 1943-09-29
39469 Jeep Noel Recruit Corps Training Depot 1979-09-29
11129 Jegels Abram Private Cape Corps 1942-09-29
30905 Jordaan Bareno Johannes Private Army Service Corps 1977-09-29
30945 Joyce Harold Theodore Retief Second Lieutenant 2 Squadron 1951-09-29
47773 Kachelhoffer Johannes Jacobus (2) Burgher Prisoner of War 1901-09-29

Deaths on 29 September by Year