On This Day

On This Day — 30 April

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47540Burgher Louis Joseph Emile Baudin, Franse corporals Commando (Boer Forces), aged 34. Killed in action, Sprinkaannek, Thabanchu.

1900

46687Burgher J.j. Du Plessis, Reddersburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Houtnek, Thabanchu.

1900

46286Burgher Thila Günther, German Corps Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Houtnek, Thabanchu.

1900

46282Burgher Gerbrand Abraham Haasbroek, Senekal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 40. Killed in action, Toba, Thabanchu.

1900

48462Burgher Mahiffa Kleinboy, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces). Died of tuberculosis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

48460Burgher Hendrik Kleinhans, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 16. Died of meningitis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

48446Burgher Petrus Johannes Nel, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 22. Died of pneumonia while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

44009Burgher Willem Christiaan Venter, Boer Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, Houtnek, Brandfort.

1900

43920Burgher Von Brachel, Freiherr, German Corps Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Thaba Nchu.

1901

46132Burgher Christiaan Johannes Jacobs, Boer Forces, aged 26. Killed in action, Kareekuil.

1901

47670Burgher Daniel Jacobus Mare, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Rooikrans, Middelburg.

1901

45532Burgher Piet Naude, general Beyers Commando (Boer Forces), aged 20. Killed in action, Houtbosberg.

1901

43550Burgher Scholtz, Boer Forces, aged 42. Killed in action, Karreekuil.

1902

47518Burgher H S Bekker, Boer Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, Leeufontein, Boshof.

1902

47514Burgher Marthinus Johannes Bekker, Boer Forces, aged 42. Killed in action, Aliwal Noord.

1902

48150Burgher Wessel Christiaan Diederiks, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 66. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

1915

2569Corporal Hermanus Johannes Breytenbach, 328, Middelburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River.

1915

6134Sergeant Frans Johannes Jacobus Du Preez, 189, Pietersburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, at Otyimbingwe, 60 miles north west of Windhoek.

1915

6642Burgher Abraham Jacobus Johannes Engelbrecht, 345, Middelburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River.

1915

26578Burgher Jacobus Ockert Van Der Heever, 104, Pietersburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 23. Killed in action.

1915

27236Burgher Abraham Jacobus Venter, 344, Middelburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River.

1916

2085Lieutenant Ainslie Booth, Royal Army Medical Corps, aged 30. Killed in action.

1917

7659Second Lieutenant Ronald Percy Cowen Freemantle, 9th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 23. Killed in action.

1917

8342Donkey Loader Stoffel Goliath, 16979, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1917

16568Labourer Klaas Mhlodi Or Ngoahludi, 6487, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Johannesburg.

1917

15371Driver Mathula Mashiya, 18354, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Morogoro.

1917

15489Driver Daniel Mathebis, 6599, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at sea.

1917

16955Driver Petros Modise, 18288, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1917

20481Leader Forslag Pongone, 15359, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

1918

6371Private Booi Dziba, 23885, 35th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of septicemia.

1918

7993Private Peter Arnold Geldenhuys, 10389, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

8227Lieutenant Horace Wilfred Girdlestone, 4th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 20. Killed in aero accident.

1918

8388Lieutenant Bransby William Goodwin, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, by a sniper, at Ridge Wood, near Voormezeele.

1918

9036Private Peter John Hall, 12057, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action.

1918

9871Private Sidney Bone Higgs, RR/1355, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Died of wounds, received 14th April.

1918

10206Private Wilson James Honey, 2116, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

13454Private Herbert Gordon Levey, 16114, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

1918

15719Private Milner Milford Maynard, 14541, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

18079Sergeant Percy Towers Murgatroyd, 154, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

18084Private David Nicholas Murphy, 11688, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action.

1918

18480Private David John Neff, 10757, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

24469Private John William Sullivan, 7131, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Killed in action.

1918

24735Private Eric Bowhill Tann, 17322, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

1918

24751Private Claude Henry Tarr, 17323, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.

1918

26449Private Ivie Finlay Urquhart, 5093, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

28659Private William Henry Wilson, 17094, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

28672Private David Thomas Winders, 16143, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

29068Private Alfred Zeegers, 16571, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action.

1919

10933Native Driver Manie Jacobus, HT/4370, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of phthisis.

1919

24574Private Carel Petrus Swart, 14780, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of stone in uretha.

1940

38047Detective Constable Adriaan Pieter Van Niekerk, W57599E, 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div (South African Police), aged 26. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1941

4548Sergeant McDonald Coulthard, X/2318, Rhodesian African Rifles, aged 24. Died of pulmonary embolism.

1941

11121First Radio Officer John Philip Bartlett Jeffery, S.S. Nerissa (Hamilton, Bermuda) (Merchant Navy), aged 42. Torpedoed and sunk by U-552. En route Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England.

1941

23961Assistant Steward Cecil George Stanfield, S.S. Nerissa (Hamilton, Bermuda) (Merchant Navy), aged 25. Torpedoed and sunk by U-552. En route Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England.

1942

6032Able Seaman Valentine Wynford Drummond, 68043, H.M.S. Edinburgh (South African Naval Forces), aged 21. Torpedoed by Uboat U-456 while escorting Convoy QP11 on 30 April 1942 and finally May 2 1942 she had to be abandoned after another attack, she was carrying 45 million in gold bullion.

1942

6678Pupil Pilot Enright, 103805, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Standerton, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2606.

1942

8744Gunner William Frederick Greve, 143082, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 34. Died of congestive cardiac failure.

1942

13535Private Max Adrien L'Hoste, 1952, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1942

17656Private Michael Mothae, N/15889, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of burns, received accidentally.

1942

20295Private Stephanus Hermanus Pieterse, 227099, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died on active service.

1942

23025Private Nyimba Siabukali, NRA/15989, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.

1942

24198Lieutenant Colin Charles Peter Steyn, 103671, 222 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, in Spitfire AB807, presumed shot down by Bf109s near Abbeville, Circus 147 Evening, combat with enemy aircraft of JG 26. Last seen crossing the coast.

1942

26767Able Seaman William Hendrick Van Dordrecht, 67851, H.M.S. Edinburgh (South African Naval Forces), aged 26. Torpedoed by Uboat U-456 while escorting Convoy QP11 on 30 April 1942 and finally May 2 1942 she had to be abandoned after another attack, she was carrying 45 million in gold bullion.

1943

5954Air Mechanic Arthur Allan Dowie, 577573, South African Air Force, aged 54. Died of carcinoma of long and gastric ulcer.

1943

7209Corporal Michael Lawrence A Fitzgerald, 223292, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 29. Died in accident.

1943

7787Lieutenant Aubrey Christopher Futter, 206285, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, spun into sea 40 miles SSE of Cap Bon, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK759.

1943

8294Private Frans A Goeda, C/24612V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died on active service.

1943

17159Private Moses Molapisi, N/18998V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died of fractured skull, received in motor accident.

1944

9921Captain William Brading Hills, 1008, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 47. Died after discharge. Discharged 29 July 1942 as medically unfit.

1944

17188Private Neho Moleleki, N/55065, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of essential thrombocytopenia.

1945

9127Private Peter J J Hanekom, M/18842V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died on active service.

1945

9364Private Hartnick, M/12973, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died after discharge.

1945

12787Corporal Nyirenda Labson, NRA/11344, 3rd Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

1945

14159Private Lesiba Alfred Mabitoa, N/27599, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of haemolytic anemia.

1945

17802Corporal David Mphatsoayane, N/70273V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Died of accidental gun shot wound, while attached to the N.E Leave and Transit Camp.

1945

17849Private Makwenkwe Mtambekwana, N/2768, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1945

18804Private Nieuwegeld, C/288822, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

1945

19187Corporal Zacharias Petrus Oberholzer, 223273V, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 51. Died on active service.

1945

21171Private Piet Raulane, N/33467, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1945

26482Trooper James Bastiton Valentine, 187039V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died of wounds, gun shot wound to abdomen and neck, while with "A" Coy. Carriers that were sent NW of Padova in the direction of Villa Franca and encountered sporadic enemy contacts. He was hospitalized but died the following day 30 April.

1947

34000Constable Johannes Hendrik Bekker Aucamp, 20400, Richmond District (South African Police), aged 23. Died from injuries sustained in a motor cycle accident.

1947

14000Private Lucas, C/274224, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Died after discharge.

1964

36445Detective Sergeant Jacob Mosedi, 123869, 11 Dist (Prieska) CW Div (South African Police), aged 42. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1968

40507Trooper Johannes Evert Van Der Heever, 3590, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 20. Died of injuries, received in an accident, at Salisbury Central Hospital.

1974

39183District Assistant Joseph Dambusa, PR91132, 1st Battalion (Internal Affairs), aged 22. Killed in action, at Concession, Op Hurricane.

1979

41124Private Martinus Johannes Schroeder, 75515833BG, Provost School (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 19. Died of injuries, received in private vehicle accident, between Vrede and Standerton, on 9 March, at 1 Mil Hospital.

1980

39069Warrant Officer Class 2 Gily Tommy Chicks, 61699, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 30. Died on active service.

1980

39292Sergeant Charles Paul Ivison Edwards, 62754, 1st (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action.

1980

30264Rifleman Ronald Richard Erneste, 78120854PD, 5 Maintenance Unit (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 19. Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola.

1982

29350Rifleman Eddie James Barnard, 78310109BG, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Shooting Incident, was critically wounded by a fellow soldier while on duty in Northern Owamboland. A soldier was in the process of making his R4 rifle safe while standing next to a Buffel Troop carrier and Eddie Barnard, who was in the rear of the Buffel, was leaning over the side watching him when the shot went off, critically wounding him in the head. Although evacuated by helicopter, he succumbed to his wounds later in the day in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa.

1982

31599Private Lambertus Hanekom Marais, 78381746, 2 Sqdn. (1st South African Medical Corps), aged 19. Died in Private Vehicle Accident, 30km from Colesberg, while on a weekend pass.

1983

48593Sergeant B Mukosho, 78930369HK, 202 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 27. Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents.

1985

29445Sergeant Robert Bigham, 76253871BG, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in private motor vehicle accident, at Pretoria.

1987

30947Private Booi Julies, 85074250BW, 5 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 21. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa.

1987

31130Private Nicolaas Koopman, 85957013CK, 5 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa.

1987

32387Private Esau Oosthuizen, 85075992BW, 5 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa.

1988

31572Sergeant Thembisile Manual, 76900067SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 39. Unknown cause of death.

1990

34510Constable Tomas Dlangisa, S614064K, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 49. Hit by a motor vehicle at a road block.

1991

41779Sergeant Gert Johannes Daniel Jordaan, 78219482PE, Cape Regiment (N TVL Maintenance Unit), aged 29. Died in Private Motorcycle Accident, on the VTH road at the Lyttleton off ramp.

1991

36770Constable Hermanus Stephanus Nel, 0437229-8, 34 Dist (Pretoria) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 44. KOAS - drowned while on COIN duty in Kavango.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 30 April

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47540 — Burgher Louis Joseph Emile Baudin, Franse corporals Commando (Boer Forces), aged 34. Killed in action, Sprinkaannek, Thabanchu.

- 1900 46687 — Burgher J.j. Du Plessis, Reddersburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Houtnek, Thabanchu.

- 1900 46286 — Burgher Thila Günther, German Corps Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Houtnek, Thabanchu.

- 1900 46282 — Burgher Gerbrand Abraham Haasbroek, Senekal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 40. Killed in action, Toba, Thabanchu.

- 1900 48462 — Burgher Mahiffa Kleinboy, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces). Died of tuberculosis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 48460 — Burgher Hendrik Kleinhans, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 16. Died of meningitis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 48446 — Burgher Petrus Johannes Nel, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 22. Died of pneumonia while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 44009 — Burgher Willem Christiaan Venter, Boer Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, Houtnek, Brandfort.

- 1900 43920 — Burgher Von Brachel, Freiherr, German Corps Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Thaba Nchu.

- 1901 46132 — Burgher Christiaan Johannes Jacobs, Boer Forces, aged 26. Killed in action, Kareekuil.

- 1901 47670 — Burgher Daniel Jacobus Mare, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Rooikrans, Middelburg.

- 1901 45532 — Burgher Piet Naude, general Beyers Commando (Boer Forces), aged 20. Killed in action, Houtbosberg.

- 1901 43550 — Burgher Scholtz, Boer Forces, aged 42. Killed in action, Karreekuil.

- 1902 47518 — Burgher H S Bekker, Boer Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, Leeufontein, Boshof.

- 1902 47514 — Burgher Marthinus Johannes Bekker, Boer Forces, aged 42. Killed in action, Aliwal Noord.

- 1902 48150 — Burgher Wessel Christiaan Diederiks, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 66. Died of heart disease while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

- 1915 2569 — Corporal Hermanus Johannes Breytenbach, 328, Middelburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River.

- 1915 6134 — Sergeant Frans Johannes Jacobus Du Preez, 189, Pietersburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, at Otyimbingwe, 60 miles north west of Windhoek.

- 1915 6642 — Burgher Abraham Jacobus Johannes Engelbrecht, 345, Middelburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River.

- 1915 26578 — Burgher Jacobus Ockert Van Der Heever, 104, Pietersburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1915 27236 — Burgher Abraham Jacobus Venter, 344, Middelburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Killed in action, explosion of concealed mine during advance up Swakop River.

- 1916 2085 — Lieutenant Ainslie Booth, Royal Army Medical Corps, aged 30. Killed in action.

- 1917 7659 — Second Lieutenant Ronald Percy Cowen Freemantle, 9th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1917 8342 — Donkey Loader Stoffel Goliath, 16979, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 16568 — Labourer Klaas Mhlodi Or Ngoahludi, 6487, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Johannesburg.

- 1917 15371 — Driver Mathula Mashiya, 18354, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Morogoro.

- 1917 15489 — Driver Daniel Mathebis, 6599, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at sea.

- 1917 16955 — Driver Petros Modise, 18288, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 20481 — Leader Forslag Pongone, 15359, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Durban Hospital, on return to South Africa.

- 1918 6371 — Private Booi Dziba, 23885, 35th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of septicemia.

- 1918 7993 — Private Peter Arnold Geldenhuys, 10389, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 8227 — Lieutenant Horace Wilfred Girdlestone, 4th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 20. Killed in aero accident.

- 1918 8388 — Lieutenant Bransby William Goodwin, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, by a sniper, at Ridge Wood, near Voormezeele.

- 1918 9036 — Private Peter John Hall, 12057, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action.

- 1918 9871 — Private Sidney Bone Higgs, RR/1355, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Died of wounds, received 14th April.

- 1918 10206 — Private Wilson James Honey, 2116, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 13454 — Private Herbert Gordon Levey, 16114, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

- 1918 15719 — Private Milner Milford Maynard, 14541, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 18079 — Sergeant Percy Towers Murgatroyd, 154, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 18084 — Private David Nicholas Murphy, 11688, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action.

- 1918 18480 — Private David John Neff, 10757, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 24469 — Private John William Sullivan, 7131, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Killed in action.

- 1918 24735 — Private Eric Bowhill Tann, 17322, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

- 1918 24751 — Private Claude Henry Tarr, 17323, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1918 26449 — Private Ivie Finlay Urquhart, 5093, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 28659 — Private William Henry Wilson, 17094, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 28672 — Private David Thomas Winders, 16143, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 29068 — Private Alfred Zeegers, 16571, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action.

- 1919 10933 — Native Driver Manie Jacobus, HT/4370, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of phthisis.

- 1919 24574 — Private Carel Petrus Swart, 14780, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Died of stone in uretha.

- 1940 38047 — Detective Constable Adriaan Pieter Van Niekerk, W57599E, 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div (South African Police), aged 26. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1941 4548 — Sergeant McDonald Coulthard, X/2318, Rhodesian African Rifles, aged 24. Died of pulmonary embolism.

- 1941 11121 — First Radio Officer John Philip Bartlett Jeffery, S.S. Nerissa (Hamilton, Bermuda) (Merchant Navy), aged 42. Torpedoed and sunk by U-552. En route Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England.

- 1941 23961 — Assistant Steward Cecil George Stanfield, S.S. Nerissa (Hamilton, Bermuda) (Merchant Navy), aged 25. Torpedoed and sunk by U-552. En route Nova Scotia to Liverpool, England.

- 1942 6032 — Able Seaman Valentine Wynford Drummond, 68043, H.M.S. Edinburgh (South African Naval Forces), aged 21. Torpedoed by Uboat U-456 while escorting Convoy QP11 on 30 April 1942 and finally May 2 1942 she had to be abandoned after another attack, she was carrying 45 million in gold bullion.

- 1942 6678 — Pupil Pilot Enright, 103805, 25 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 24. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed near Standerton, in Miles M.19 Master Mk II/III #2606.

- 1942 8744 — Gunner William Frederick Greve, 143082, 7 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 34. Died of congestive cardiac failure.

- 1942 13535 — Private Max Adrien L'Hoste, 1952, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1942 17656 — Private Michael Mothae, N/15889, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of burns, received accidentally.

- 1942 20295 — Private Stephanus Hermanus Pieterse, 227099, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Died on active service.

- 1942 23025 — Private Nyimba Siabukali, NRA/15989, Northern Rhodesia Regiment. Died on active service.

- 1942 24198 — Lieutenant Colin Charles Peter Steyn, 103671, 222 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, in Spitfire AB807, presumed shot down by Bf109s near Abbeville, Circus 147 Evening, combat with enemy aircraft of JG 26. Last seen crossing the coast.

- 1942 26767 — Able Seaman William Hendrick Van Dordrecht, 67851, H.M.S. Edinburgh (South African Naval Forces), aged 26. Torpedoed by Uboat U-456 while escorting Convoy QP11 on 30 April 1942 and finally May 2 1942 she had to be abandoned after another attack, she was carrying 45 million in gold bullion.

- 1943 5954 — Air Mechanic Arthur Allan Dowie, 577573, South African Air Force, aged 54. Died of carcinoma of long and gastric ulcer.

- 1943 7209 — Corporal Michael Lawrence A Fitzgerald, 223292, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 29. Died in accident.

- 1943 7787 — Lieutenant Aubrey Christopher Futter, 206285, 4 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, spun into sea 40 miles SSE of Cap Bon, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK759.

- 1943 8294 — Private Frans A Goeda, C/24612V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Died on active service.

- 1943 17159 — Private Moses Molapisi, N/18998V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died of fractured skull, received in motor accident.

- 1944 9921 — Captain William Brading Hills, 1008, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 47. Died after discharge. Discharged 29 July 1942 as medically unfit.

- 1944 17188 — Private Neho Moleleki, N/55065, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of essential thrombocytopenia.

- 1945 9127 — Private Peter J J Hanekom, M/18842V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died on active service.

- 1945 9364 — Private Hartnick, M/12973, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died after discharge.

- 1945 12787 — Corporal Nyirenda Labson, NRA/11344, 3rd Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.

- 1945 14159 — Private Lesiba Alfred Mabitoa, N/27599, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of haemolytic anemia.

- 1945 17802 — Corporal David Mphatsoayane, N/70273V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 29. Died of accidental gun shot wound, while attached to the N.E Leave and Transit Camp.

- 1945 17849 — Private Makwenkwe Mtambekwana, N/2768, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1945 18804 — Private Nieuwegeld, C/288822, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

- 1945 19187 — Corporal Zacharias Petrus Oberholzer, 223273V, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 51. Died on active service.

- 1945 21171 — Private Piet Raulane, N/33467, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1945 26482 — Trooper James Bastiton Valentine, 187039V, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Died of wounds, gun shot wound to abdomen and neck, while with "A" Coy. Carriers that were sent NW of Padova in the direction of Villa Franca and encountered sporadic enemy contacts. He was hospitalized but died the following day 30 April.

- 1947 34000 — Constable Johannes Hendrik Bekker Aucamp, 20400, Richmond District (South African Police), aged 23. Died from injuries sustained in a motor cycle accident.

- 1947 14000 — Private Lucas, C/274224, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Died after discharge.

- 1964 36445 — Detective Sergeant Jacob Mosedi, 123869, 11 Dist (Prieska) CW Div (South African Police), aged 42. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1968 40507 — Trooper Johannes Evert Van Der Heever, 3590, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 20. Died of injuries, received in an accident, at Salisbury Central Hospital.

- 1974 39183 — District Assistant Joseph Dambusa, PR91132, 1st Battalion (Internal Affairs), aged 22. Killed in action, at Concession, Op Hurricane.

- 1979 41124 — Private Martinus Johannes Schroeder, 75515833BG, Provost School (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 19. Died of injuries, received in private vehicle accident, between Vrede and Standerton, on 9 March, at 1 Mil Hospital.

- 1980 39069 — Warrant Officer Class 2 Gily Tommy Chicks, 61699, 1st Battalion (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1980 39292 — Sergeant Charles Paul Ivison Edwards, 62754, 1st (Rhodesia Defence Regiment), aged 32. Killed in action.

- 1980 30264 — Rifleman Ronald Richard Erneste, 78120854PD, 5 Maintenance Unit (5 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 19. Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola.

- 1982 29350 — Rifleman Eddie James Barnard, 78310109BG, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Shooting Incident, was critically wounded by a fellow soldier while on duty in Northern Owamboland. A soldier was in the process of making his R4 rifle safe while standing next to a Buffel Troop carrier and Eddie Barnard, who was in the rear of the Buffel, was leaning over the side watching him when the shot went off, critically wounding him in the head. Although evacuated by helicopter, he succumbed to his wounds later in the day in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital at AFB Ondangwa.

- 1982 31599 — Private Lambertus Hanekom Marais, 78381746, 2 Sqdn. (1st South African Medical Corps), aged 19. Died in Private Vehicle Accident, 30km from Colesberg, while on a weekend pass.

- 1983 48593 — Sergeant B Mukosho, 78930369HK, 202 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 27. Killed in action, during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents.

- 1985 29445 — Sergeant Robert Bigham, 76253871BG, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 24. Died in private motor vehicle accident, at Pretoria.

- 1987 30947 — Private Booi Julies, 85074250BW, 5 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 21. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa.

- 1987 31130 — Private Nicolaas Koopman, 85957013CK, 5 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa.

- 1987 32387 — Private Esau Oosthuizen, 85075992BW, 5 Maintenance Unit (South African Ordnance Services Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Ondangwa.

- 1988 31572 — Sergeant Thembisile Manual, 76900067SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 39. Unknown cause of death.

- 1990 34510 — Constable Tomas Dlangisa, S614064K, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 49. Hit by a motor vehicle at a road block.

- 1991 41779 — Sergeant Gert Johannes Daniel Jordaan, 78219482PE, Cape Regiment (N TVL Maintenance Unit), aged 29. Died in Private Motorcycle Accident, on the VTH road at the Lyttleton off ramp.

- 1991 36770 — Constable Hermanus Stephanus Nel, 0437229-8, 34 Dist (Pretoria) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 44. KOAS - drowned while on COIN duty in Kavango.

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