On This Day

On This Day — 30 January

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

43740Burgher Killian, Zoutpansberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, Boschkopjes.

1900

44629Burgher S. Taljaard, Boer Forces. Killed in action, near Colesberg.

1900

44120Burgher Philippus Lodewicus Van Vuuren, Bloemfontein Commando (Boer Forces), aged 32. Killed in action, Jacobsdal.

1901

47209Burgher Tobias Jacobus C. Bothma, Frankfort Commando (Boer Forces), aged 56. Killed in action, Driehoek, distr Frankfort.

1901

46811Burgher Johannes Hendrik De Lange, Middelburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Pan.

1901

43632Burgher Van Den Berg, Boer Forces, aged 53. Killed in action, Gatsrand.

1901

47840Burgher Andries Abraham Volschenk, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 19. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

1916

24330Lieutenant William Garland Stranack, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds, received at Mersa Matruh, on 23rd January.

1917

3260Second Lieutenant Lionel Calvert, 175th Tunnelling Coy. (Royal Engineers). Killed in action.

1917

3462Rifleman Albert John Carter, 1805, 1st/16th Bn. (London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)), aged 20. Killed in action.

1917

7405Private George Henry Brinkman Foss, 5289, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of liver abscess, at Eaglestone.

1917

11565Private Josephs, 785, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of blackwater fever, at Dar es Salaam.

1917

11779Labourer Jim Kanapa, 6287, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Kilwa.

1917

13730Horse Driver Jacob Lochenberg, 15350, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

13820Labourer John Longone, 7400, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at Dodoma.

1917

14145Jack Mabatane, 11127, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

17674Mule Driver Booi Moties, 16677, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mitole.

1917

18172Donkey Driver George Mutsani, 15234, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mombasa.

1917

24352Private George William Street, 7828, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action.

1918

40354Constable Cornelius Johannes Cowley, 648504, 1st Battalion (South African Police), aged 24. Died of meningitis, following enteric fever.

1918

15398Labourer Henry Masizana, 20758, Boats and Animals (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at Jacobs Hospital Durban, on return to South Africa.

1918

21139Private George Rashidav, 14741, 26th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of septicemia.

1918

27940Private John Henry Webber, 7143, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Killed in action.

1919

9242Sergeant Robert Holley Harper, 127, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Committed suicide, shot himself.

1939

32709Pilot Officer Stanley John Daly Robinson, 70535448PK, 19 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 21. Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Mk.I L1476 of 64 Fighter Squadron RAF crashed on Sykes Moor, Derbyshire during a training flight from RAF Church Fenton.

1939

33269Pilot Officer Jack Elliott Thomas, 82532086PE, 701 Battalion (Royal Air Force), aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Mk.I L1476 of 64 Fighter Squadron RAF crashed on Sykes Moor, Derbyshire during a training flight from RAF Church Fenton.

1940

2972Private Mufwezi Bukome, NRA/100018, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1940

11849Private Nsongo Katongo, NRA/826, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1941

6031Captain John Hughes Drummond, 84920, 2nd (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 50. Died on active service.

1941

6629Lance Corporal Vernon Joseph Empson, R/4866323, 2nd Bn. (Leicestershire Regiment). Died on active service.

1941

8704Air Sergeant Ben Zion Greenblatt, 243367, Reserve Air Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Died in aircraft accident, low flying hit telephone wires, in Aeronca #1477.

1941

24845Second Lieutenant Kenneth M Taylor, 103111, Reserve Air Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, low flying hit telephone wires, in Aeronca #1477.

1942

1820Trooper Michael John Birchenough, X/3110, Southern Rhodesia Armoured Car Regiment, aged 28. Died on active service.

1942

5432Air Mechanic Peter Hendrik De Villiers, 96131, 41 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in aircraft accident, in Hawker Hartbees #807, crashed 14 miles from Yavello.

1942

8162Signaller Philipus Martinus Gilbert, 16410, 3rd S.A. Bde. Sigs. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 22. Died on active service.

1942

8606Bombardier Grainger Orchardson Gray, 45661, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 30. Killed in action.

1942

17355Private Ellappew Moonsamy, M/10366, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1942

27247Air Mechanic Jan Hendrik Venter, 45522, South African Air Force, aged 24. Died of heart failure.

1943

3455Corporal Ronald Lionel Carstens, 176275, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of asplastic anaemia.

1943

17186Private Mates Moleko, N/703228, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

18378Private Paul Nchwang, N/15807, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died in train accident.

1943

18384Private Pony Ncwaku, N/62849, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of agranulocytosis.

1944

9304Private Abdulla Harrison, M/11820, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, after discharge.

1944

20963Lieutenant Rupert Bryant Railton, 103991V, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of injuries, received in aircraft accident, on the 28th, collision with Harvard, in DH94 Moth Minor #1474.

1945

5016Second Lieutenant Hector Leslie Darvell, 79009V, South African Air Force, aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, 2 crew (1 RAF), during low altitude aerobatics crashed at Rietkuil, in AT-6 Harvard #7324.

1945

5655Lieutenant David Buntine Dick, 3997V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, ditched off Bellaria, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FW830.

1945

6590Lieutenant William Ewart Ellis, 328917V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, ditched off Bellaria, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FW830.

1945

7984Warrant Officer Class II Gysbert Jacobus Geldenhuys, 138275V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, ditched off Bellaria, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FW830.

1945

10200Captain Henry Nathaniel Honey, 102102V, 262 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during night flying training Lake Umzingazi, in Catalina Mk IVB #JX367.

1945

11892Pilot Officer Michael Kealey, 55568, 25 Air School (Royal Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard lla SAAF 7324, crashed at Rietkuil during low altitude aerobatics.

1945

19131Private Mduya Nyambose, N/44829, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 55. Died of carcinoma of stomach.

1945

19639Constable Paradzayi, 10879, British South African Police. Died on active service.

1945

21028Private Edward Ramogari, N/4495, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of haemorrhage.

1945

23258Private England Papi Sitole, N/24808, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Committed suicide, hanging.

1945

26964Air Mechanic Tobias Johannes Van Rensburg, 578632, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died in veld fire.

1946

15505Private Matthews, M/15511, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1946

21970Air Corporal Sydney Cuthbert Rowland-Hall, 210097, South African Air Force, aged 48. Died of cerebral haemorrhage and essential hypertension.

1946

26720Corporal Martin P A Van Der Walt, 237336, South African Engineer Corps, aged 41. Died on active service.

1947

24882Sergeant Water Te, 85610, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1950

29567Lieutenant William Desmond Benjamin Boyes, P206376, Air Operations School Langebaanweg (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, engine failure, crashed at Tooth Rock Range near Saldanha, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5606.

1964

30143Rifleman Cornelius Michiel Du Plooy, AT/19453, 5 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned in a boating accident, at Ladysmith.

1964

31066Rifleman Johannes Frederick Kies, AT/22564, 5 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned in a boating accident, at Ladysmith.

1966

35908Constable Sibusiso Andreas Matheza, 151330, Soweto (South African Police), aged 20. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1977

40230Rifleman Bernard Herman Rawstorne, PR36920, 10th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 28. Died in accidental explosion.

1978

39280Rifleman George Herbert Dyson, PR62992, 5th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 28. Died in Friendly Fire Incident, accidently shot by a fellow soldier while part of a stick defending a broken down vehicle.

1979

39392District Assistant Vernon Hamandishe, PR103262, Depot (Internal Affairs), aged 20. Died on active service.

1979

40326District Assistant Alec Sibanda, PR104114, Protected Village Protection Group (Internal Affairs), aged 46. Died on active service.

1980

36260Constable David M Mofokeng, S166646N, Moroka, Soweto (South African Police), aged 30. Assaulted and hanged by a native.

1980

40961Guard Zacharia Munjayi, 643811, Protected Village Protection Group (Guard Force), aged 33. Died on active service.

1981

30779Sergeant Robert Lewis Hutchinson, 80022536PP, 42 Sqdn. (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 24. Killed in action, during a Special Forces Raid on the African National Congress Headquarters in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Beanbag.

1981

32424Lance Corporal James King Park, 80021017PP, 2 Sqdn. (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 21. Killed in action, during a Special Forces Raid on the African National Congress Headquarters in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Beanbag.

1981

33163Sergeant Ian Suttill, 80013444PP, attd. 101 Battalion (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action, during a Special Forces Raid on the African National Congress Headquarters in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Beanbag.

1984

37949Detective Constable Willem G J (Bankies) Van Der Bank, W401555T, Paarl (South African Police), aged 19. Died on active service.

1986

34270Warrant Officer Nicolaas Johan Willem Buzani, S160205K, District 39 Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 29. Died of acute enteritis and cardiac syncope.

1986

38234Lieutenant Colonel Robert Leslie (Bobbie) Welman, W32873B, Durban Security Police (South African Police), aged 49. Killed in limpet mine explosion, at Wentworth, Durban.

1991

41798Warrant Officer Class I Coenraad Jacobus Groenewald, 05515754PE, Krugersdorp Commando (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 45. Died of complications following heart surgery, in HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria.

1991

41812Private Anthony George Lewis, 87484028, Orange Free State Command Maintenance Unit (South African Army), aged 19. Died in Private Vehicle Accident, while on pass. His tyre burst and the vehicle rolled. He died of head injuries in 1 Mil Hospital.

1995

34117Constable Daniel Johannes Bokaba, 0460201-3, Cleveland (South African Police), aged 33. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1997

33989Constable Emile Godfred Oliver Apleni, 0911355-0, Municipal Police (South African Police), aged 33. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1997

34057Reserve Constable Henry Bedefordt, 24977760-0, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 22. Murdered while on night duty near Wemmer Pan, Johannesburg.

1999

36295Sergeant Maisha Phanuel Mokalake, 451723-7, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 23. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1999

36336Inspector Godfrey David Mokomo, 447295-1, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 29. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

2010

42609Reserve Constable Arries, 7018103-9, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

2010

42610Senior Superintendent Zakwe, 601763-1, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

2015

43003Constable Dingiswayo, 7140118-1, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

2015

43002Warrant Officer Maqeba, 0455023-4, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 30 January

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 43740 — Burgher Killian, Zoutpansberg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, Boschkopjes.

- 1900 44629 — Burgher S. Taljaard, Boer Forces. Killed in action, near Colesberg.

- 1900 44120 — Burgher Philippus Lodewicus Van Vuuren, Bloemfontein Commando (Boer Forces), aged 32. Killed in action, Jacobsdal.

- 1901 47209 — Burgher Tobias Jacobus C. Bothma, Frankfort Commando (Boer Forces), aged 56. Killed in action, Driehoek, distr Frankfort.

- 1901 46811 — Burgher Johannes Hendrik De Lange, Middelburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Pan.

- 1901 43632 — Burgher Van Den Berg, Boer Forces, aged 53. Killed in action, Gatsrand.

- 1901 47840 — Burgher Andries Abraham Volschenk, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 19. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.

- 1916 24330 — Lieutenant William Garland Stranack, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds, received at Mersa Matruh, on 23rd January.

- 1917 3260 — Second Lieutenant Lionel Calvert, 175th Tunnelling Coy. (Royal Engineers). Killed in action.

- 1917 3462 — Rifleman Albert John Carter, 1805, 1st/16th Bn. (London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)), aged 20. Killed in action.

- 1917 7405 — Private George Henry Brinkman Foss, 5289, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of liver abscess, at Eaglestone.

- 1917 11565 — Private Josephs, 785, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of blackwater fever, at Dar es Salaam.

- 1917 11779 — Labourer Jim Kanapa, 6287, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Kilwa.

- 1917 13730 — Horse Driver Jacob Lochenberg, 15350, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 13820 — Labourer John Longone, 7400, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at Dodoma.

- 1917 14145 — Jack Mabatane, 11127, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 17674 — Mule Driver Booi Moties, 16677, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mitole.

- 1917 18172 — Donkey Driver George Mutsani, 15234, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mombasa.

- 1917 24352 — Private George William Street, 7828, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action.

- 1918 40354 — Constable Cornelius Johannes Cowley, 648504, 1st Battalion (South African Police), aged 24. Died of meningitis, following enteric fever.

- 1918 15398 — Labourer Henry Masizana, 20758, Boats and Animals (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at Jacobs Hospital Durban, on return to South Africa.

- 1918 21139 — Private George Rashidav, 14741, 26th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of septicemia.

- 1918 27940 — Private John Henry Webber, 7143, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 43. Killed in action.

- 1919 9242 — Sergeant Robert Holley Harper, 127, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Committed suicide, shot himself.

- 1939 32709 — Pilot Officer Stanley John Daly Robinson, 70535448PK, 19 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 21. Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Mk.I L1476 of 64 Fighter Squadron RAF crashed on Sykes Moor, Derbyshire during a training flight from RAF Church Fenton.

- 1939 33269 — Pilot Officer Jack Elliott Thomas, 82532086PE, 701 Battalion (Royal Air Force), aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, Blenheim Mk.I L1476 of 64 Fighter Squadron RAF crashed on Sykes Moor, Derbyshire during a training flight from RAF Church Fenton.

- 1940 2972 — Private Mufwezi Bukome, NRA/100018, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1940 11849 — Private Nsongo Katongo, NRA/826, 1st Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1941 6031 — Captain John Hughes Drummond, 84920, 2nd (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 50. Died on active service.

- 1941 6629 — Lance Corporal Vernon Joseph Empson, R/4866323, 2nd Bn. (Leicestershire Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1941 8704 — Air Sergeant Ben Zion Greenblatt, 243367, Reserve Air Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Died in aircraft accident, low flying hit telephone wires, in Aeronca #1477.

- 1941 24845 — Second Lieutenant Kenneth M Taylor, 103111, Reserve Air Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, low flying hit telephone wires, in Aeronca #1477.

- 1942 1820 — Trooper Michael John Birchenough, X/3110, Southern Rhodesia Armoured Car Regiment, aged 28. Died on active service.

- 1942 5432 — Air Mechanic Peter Hendrik De Villiers, 96131, 41 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in aircraft accident, in Hawker Hartbees #807, crashed 14 miles from Yavello.

- 1942 8162 — Signaller Philipus Martinus Gilbert, 16410, 3rd S.A. Bde. Sigs. (South African Corps of Signals), aged 22. Died on active service.

- 1942 8606 — Bombardier Grainger Orchardson Gray, 45661, 4 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 30. Killed in action.

- 1942 17355 — Private Ellappew Moonsamy, M/10366, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1942 27247 — Air Mechanic Jan Hendrik Venter, 45522, South African Air Force, aged 24. Died of heart failure.

- 1943 3455 — Corporal Ronald Lionel Carstens, 176275, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of asplastic anaemia.

- 1943 17186 — Private Mates Moleko, N/703228, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 18378 — Private Paul Nchwang, N/15807, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died in train accident.

- 1943 18384 — Private Pony Ncwaku, N/62849, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of agranulocytosis.

- 1944 9304 — Private Abdulla Harrison, M/11820, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, after discharge.

- 1944 20963 — Lieutenant Rupert Bryant Railton, 103991V, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of injuries, received in aircraft accident, on the 28th, collision with Harvard, in DH94 Moth Minor #1474.

- 1945 5016 — Second Lieutenant Hector Leslie Darvell, 79009V, South African Air Force, aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, 2 crew (1 RAF), during low altitude aerobatics crashed at Rietkuil, in AT-6 Harvard #7324.

- 1945 5655 — Lieutenant David Buntine Dick, 3997V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, ditched off Bellaria, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FW830.

- 1945 6590 — Lieutenant William Ewart Ellis, 328917V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, ditched off Bellaria, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FW830.

- 1945 7984 — Warrant Officer Class II Gysbert Jacobus Geldenhuys, 138275V, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in action, ditched off Bellaria, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FW830.

- 1945 10200 — Captain Henry Nathaniel Honey, 102102V, 262 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed during night flying training Lake Umzingazi, in Catalina Mk IVB #JX367.

- 1945 11892 — Pilot Officer Michael Kealey, 55568, 25 Air School (Royal Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard lla SAAF 7324, crashed at Rietkuil during low altitude aerobatics.

- 1945 19131 — Private Mduya Nyambose, N/44829, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 55. Died of carcinoma of stomach.

- 1945 19639 — Constable Paradzayi, 10879, British South African Police. Died on active service.

- 1945 21028 — Private Edward Ramogari, N/4495, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of haemorrhage.

- 1945 23258 — Private England Papi Sitole, N/24808, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Committed suicide, hanging.

- 1945 26964 — Air Mechanic Tobias Johannes Van Rensburg, 578632, South African Air Force, aged 27. Died in veld fire.

- 1946 15505 — Private Matthews, M/15511, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1946 21970 — Air Corporal Sydney Cuthbert Rowland-Hall, 210097, South African Air Force, aged 48. Died of cerebral haemorrhage and essential hypertension.

- 1946 26720 — Corporal Martin P A Van Der Walt, 237336, South African Engineer Corps, aged 41. Died on active service.

- 1947 24882 — Sergeant Water Te, 85610, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1950 29567 — Lieutenant William Desmond Benjamin Boyes, P206376, Air Operations School Langebaanweg (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, engine failure, crashed at Tooth Rock Range near Saldanha, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE #5606.

- 1964 30143 — Rifleman Cornelius Michiel Du Plooy, AT/19453, 5 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned in a boating accident, at Ladysmith.

- 1964 31066 — Rifleman Johannes Frederick Kies, AT/22564, 5 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned in a boating accident, at Ladysmith.

- 1966 35908 — Constable Sibusiso Andreas Matheza, 151330, Soweto (South African Police), aged 20. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1977 40230 — Rifleman Bernard Herman Rawstorne, PR36920, 10th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 28. Died in accidental explosion.

- 1978 39280 — Rifleman George Herbert Dyson, PR62992, 5th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 28. Died in Friendly Fire Incident, accidently shot by a fellow soldier while part of a stick defending a broken down vehicle.

- 1979 39392 — District Assistant Vernon Hamandishe, PR103262, Depot (Internal Affairs), aged 20. Died on active service.

- 1979 40326 — District Assistant Alec Sibanda, PR104114, Protected Village Protection Group (Internal Affairs), aged 46. Died on active service.

- 1980 36260 — Constable David M Mofokeng, S166646N, Moroka, Soweto (South African Police), aged 30. Assaulted and hanged by a native.

- 1980 40961 — Guard Zacharia Munjayi, 643811, Protected Village Protection Group (Guard Force), aged 33. Died on active service.

- 1981 30779 — Sergeant Robert Lewis Hutchinson, 80022536PP, 42 Sqdn. (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 24. Killed in action, during a Special Forces Raid on the African National Congress Headquarters in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Beanbag.

- 1981 32424 — Lance Corporal James King Park, 80021017PP, 2 Sqdn. (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 21. Killed in action, during a Special Forces Raid on the African National Congress Headquarters in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Beanbag.

- 1981 33163 — Sergeant Ian Suttill, 80013444PP, attd. 101 Battalion (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action, during a Special Forces Raid on the African National Congress Headquarters in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Beanbag.

- 1984 37949 — Detective Constable Willem G J (Bankies) Van Der Bank, W401555T, Paarl (South African Police), aged 19. Died on active service.

- 1986 34270 — Warrant Officer Nicolaas Johan Willem Buzani, S160205K, District 39  Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 29. Died of acute enteritis and cardiac syncope.

- 1986 38234 — Lieutenant Colonel Robert Leslie (Bobbie) Welman, W32873B, Durban Security Police (South African Police), aged 49. Killed in limpet mine explosion, at Wentworth, Durban.

- 1991 41798 — Warrant Officer Class I Coenraad Jacobus Groenewald, 05515754PE, Krugersdorp Commando (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 45. Died of complications following heart surgery, in HF Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria.

- 1991 41812 — Private Anthony George Lewis, 87484028, Orange Free State Command Maintenance Unit (South African Army), aged 19. Died in Private Vehicle Accident, while on pass. His tyre burst and the vehicle rolled. He died of head injuries in 1 Mil Hospital.

- 1995 34117 — Constable Daniel Johannes Bokaba, 0460201-3, Cleveland (South African Police), aged 33. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1997 33989 — Constable Emile Godfred Oliver Apleni, 0911355-0, Municipal Police (South African Police), aged 33. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1997 34057 — Reserve Constable Henry Bedefordt, 24977760-0, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 22. Murdered while on night duty near Wemmer Pan, Johannesburg.

- 1999 36295 — Sergeant Maisha Phanuel Mokalake, 451723-7, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 23. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1999 36336 — Inspector Godfrey David Mokomo, 447295-1, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 29. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 2010 42609 — Reserve Constable Arries, 7018103-9, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

- 2010 42610 — Senior Superintendent Zakwe, 601763-1, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

- 2015 43003 — Constable Dingiswayo, 7140118-1, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

- 2015 43002 — Warrant Officer Maqeba, 0455023-4, South African Police Service. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

ON THIS DAY

30 January

On This Day — 30 January

Deaths on 30 January by Year