On This Day

On This Day — 30 May

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47625Burgher William (Gert) Aggenbach, Boer Forces, aged 32. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

47159Burgher T Brits, Griekwaland Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

46922Burgher Cornelius J. De Beer, Griekwaland-Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

46846Burgher Abraham Jan De Klerk, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

46725Burgher Andries Frederik Dreyer, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 40. Killed in action, Boesmanskop, Lindley.

1900

43702Burgher Du Plessis, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, On commando.

1900

46673Burgher Sarel Du Plessis, Boer Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, Bellevue, Reitz.

1900

46579Burgher Karel Theodoris Eksteen, Boer Forces, aged 43. Killed in action, Brakvlei.

1900

45634Burgher Piet Moller, Griqualandwes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 48. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

45630Burgher Willem C Monk, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

44997Burgher Gerhardus Stephanus Scheepers, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Mafeking.

1900

44894Burgher Alwyn Petrus Smit, Griekwaland-Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

44688Burgher Johannes Josephus Swanepoel, Giekwaland-Wes Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

44649Burgher F Tesbie, Griekwaland Wes Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

44416Burgher Mynhardt Jacobus Van Der Westhuizen, Griqualand West Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

43872Burgher Weideman, Boer Forces, aged 19. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1900

43790Burgher Zwiegers, Griekwaland Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Fabersput.

1902

48286Burgher Adriaan (Johannes) Du Toit, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 17. Died of unknown while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1902

47982Burgher Johannes Stephanus Gouws, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 17. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, India, Sialkot.

1902

48136Burgher Daniël George Nortje, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 53. Died of stroke while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

1914

34717Detective (1st Class) Thomas Freeman, 63, District 39 Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 43. Died of heart failure.

1916

739Native Scout Private Levi Athindwa, 10, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action. He was the only one of 300 troops of 2RR killed during an assault on the so-called German Bridge over the Pangani River, north west of Buiko.

1916

6427Company Quartermaster Sergeant Donald Anderson Edgar, 1780, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 46. Died of wounds.

1916

7723Private Charles George Froude, 2977, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of dysentery.

1916

20084Trooper Andrew Peterson, 1681, 3rd (South African Horse). Died of malaria and sunstroke.

1916

21354Private Reginald Ruddock Rex, 577, 4th (South African Horse), aged 20. Died of malaria.

1916

24835Private James Taylor, S/5715, 8th Bn. (Seaforth Highlanders), aged 28. Died of wounds.

1917

282Labourer Jan Albrecht, 17157, Military Labour Corps. Died of malaria, at Durban Hospital.

1917

3134Labourer Jackson Busumyang, 17805, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at Jacobs Camp Durban, on return to South Africa.

1917

10790Corporal James William Jackson, 653, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of phthisis.

1917

14991Driver Aaron Manti, 16914, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died after discharge, at Zeerust.

1917

15757Driver Beti Mbela, 13846, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, after discharge, at Nqamakwe.

1917

21885Second Lieutenant Lawrence George Ross, 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's). Died of wounds.

1917

25584Labourer Johannes Tsoanetje, 19085, South African Native Labour Bureau. Morogoro.

1918

1447Driver Carel Wilhelmus Beetge, MT/6926, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 21. Died of septic pneumonia.

1918

4856Air Mechanic 1st Class Frederic Douglas Cusens, 65091, 21st Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 20. Died of wounds.

1918

11500Driver Kiviet Jooste, HT/2856, No. 7 Coy. (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport). Died of tubercule lung.

1918

12272Bombardier Alexander Kinghorn, 9934, 1st (Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery), aged 25. Died of wounds.

1918

14068Private Harold Redvers Luyt, 12842, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.

1918

18311Native Constable Namunah, 118, British South African Police, aged 37. Died of pneumonia and heart failure.

1918

21619Corporal Cecil George Robertson, 4457, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds, thigh.

1918

22821Private Edward Thomas Cecil Shackleton, 13872, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

1918

23060Major Karl Otto Siedle, 174th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 28. Died of wounds, received in enemy air raid at Doullens.

1922

38989Lieutenant James Lewis Absolom, 124307, 1st Battalion (East African Mounted Rifles), aged 45. Died at Roberts Heights Hospital.

1936

30699Lance Bombardier Johannes Hendrik Herbst, 3647, Coast Artillery Brigade (South African Artillery), aged 29. Died of cerebral spinal meningitis, at Cape Town City Hospital.

1940

3931Junior Engineer Frank Charles Clarke, H.M.S. King Orry (Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)), aged 25. Killed in action, at Dunkirk.

1940

10535Assistant Cook Edmund George Hunt, 826427, H.M.S. King Orry (Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)), aged 47. Killed in action, at Dunkirk.

1941

6951Corporal Charles Edward Faulkner, 132466, 35 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 65. Died at Dire Dawa.

1941

14965Sergeant Edmund Ernest Mann, 117291, South African Corps of Signals, aged 20. Died on active service.

1941

15991Air Mechanic Bernard Evlyn McGillivray, 189338, South African Air Force, aged 25. Died in motor accident.

1942

744Trooper Cyril Joseph Atkinson, 214083, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps). Killed in action.

1942

3264Probationer Nurse Bessie L Cameron, 90973, South African Military Nursing Service, aged 37. Died on active service.

1942

3925Sergeant Desmond Douglas Preston Clarke, 114608, South African Artillery, aged 21. Died on active service.

1942

7423Private Fouche, 1951, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 67. Died on active service.

1942

7425Corporal Peter Georgius Fouche, 16844, South African Engineer Corps, aged 33. Died at Zonderwater, on active service.

1942

8879Lance Bombardier Bernard Gruskin, 113947, 5 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 29. Died of wounds.

1942

9812Sergeant Charles Walter Cornelius Hex, 214264, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 32. Died on active service.

1942

11248Corporal Charles Godfrey Johnson, 214329, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps). Died on active service.

1942

12027Private Duncan Ferguss Kennedy, 1739, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died on active service.

1942

12663Private Jozef Kruger, 295108, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 42. Died on active service.

1942

22211Lance Bombardier Daniel Abraham Samuels, C/274806, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action.

1942

22302Lieutenant Peter Harold Saunders, 203178V, 5 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, missing from bomber escort, presumed shot down by Bf109 SE of Gazala, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AM495.

1942

23666Sergeant Smuts, 141656, South African Intelligence Corps, aged 46. Died on active service.

1942

28555Corporal Anthony Willmers, 112386, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died of cerebral malaria.

1943

1318Air Corporal Robert Batty, 94165, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 37. Died of nephritis and diabetes.

1943

5512Sergeant John Seton Delbridge, 152152, South African Coast Defence Corps, aged 35. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when an armoured car overturned.

1943

6734Pilot Officer David William Erickson, 160059, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20. Crashed NNW Genk Belgium.

1943

12923Private Ernest David Lang, 2269, No. 4 Platoon Mooi River (National Reserve Volunteer), aged 32. Died of coronary thrombosis, at Zonderwater.

1943

25517Staff Sergeant August Friedrich Heinrich Trusler, 51223, South African Artillery, aged 40. Died at Camp 104, whilst a POW.

1944

14621Private Ben Makakula, N/44283, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died on active service.

1944

16555Private Johannes Mguni, N/68787, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died of aortic incompetence.

1944

19319Private Jan Oliphant, C/566441, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1944

22338Air Sergeant Albert Martin Scally, 211399V, South African Air Force, aged 35. Died of malaria.

1944

26656Captain Schalk Willem Van Der Merwe, 102821V, 41 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed near St. Albans, in Curtis Kittyhawk Mk I #5008.

1945

16995Private Jordaan Mogade, N/26261, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of gunshot wound.

1945

17979Private James Muller, 592225V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died in motor accident, in Italy.

1945

20269Private Piet Piet, M/19839V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 39. Died on active service.

1945

24444Private Edward Stuurman, C/275955, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.

1945

26559Sergeant Van Der Bank, 416V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 51. Died on active service.

1945

26568Corporal Van Der Berg, 56387V, South African Corps of Military Police. Died on active service.

1945

27982Private Weevers, C/19459, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1946

27932Air Corporal Webb, 210726V, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died on active service.

1947

9457Signaller Jacobus Johannes Hauptfleisch, 289930V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 50. Died of tuberculosis.

1947

15119Private Maree, M/16737V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

1947

17546Private Jacobus Johannes Morton, 146003, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died on active service.

1947

23356Air Mechanic John Edward Small, 186718, South African Air Force, aged 42. Died of heart failure and cirrhosis of liver.

1948

29812Lieutenant Edward Shlomo Cohen, 136398, 911 Battalion (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.

1951

31017Captain David Doveton Kay, 80676695KB, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 33. Died in Freak Accident, on the Artillery range at Potchefstroom when he was hit by a low flying spotter plane.

1952

31324Private Joshua Levy, 219436, Infantry (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.

1957

39498Private Shati Joseph, 1807, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 35. Died on active service.

1957

40470Lance Corporal Basilo Tongogara, 4762, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 50. Died in vehicle accident.

1964

29434Corporal Roland Herbert Bezuidenhout, P/25282, 1 Mobile Watch (South African Corps of Engineers), aged 27. Died of cerebral aneurism, at Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria.

1964

34651Constable Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius Fakude, 140282, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 35. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1965

39246Rifleman Edward Clifford Godfrey, 24029771, 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 23. Died of heart attack, while on R & R, on active service.

1970

33253Second Lieutenant Johannes Jacobus Theron, 66341264R, 4 Field Regiment (South African Artillery), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Messina.

1972

36269Detective Constable David M Mogano, S139229P, Moroka, Soweto (South African Police), aged 30. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1976

40187Sergeant William Patrick Phinn, 727127, Intelligence Corps (Rhodesia Army), aged 34. Committed suicide, gun shot wound to brain, at Inkomo barracks.

1977

39159Flight Lieutenant Bruce Ivan Collocott, 4123, 3 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, while taking off at Mapai, Mocambique in Dakota #R3702, during Operation Aztec. Aircraft was hit by small arms and rocket fire and burst into flames.

1977

39289Trooper Christopher John Edmonds, 727562, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action, during Operation Aztec. Killed by ground fire while returning to base after an attack on ZANLA base "Rio", in Mocambique.

1977

39957Brian Murdoch, 4226, 4 Sqdn. (Rhodesia Army), aged 25. Died on active service.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 30 May

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47625 — Burgher William (Gert) Aggenbach, Boer Forces, aged 32. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 47159 — Burgher T Brits, Griekwaland Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 46922 — Burgher Cornelius J. De Beer, Griekwaland-Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 46846 — Burgher Abraham Jan De Klerk, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 46725 — Burgher Andries Frederik Dreyer, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces), aged 40. Killed in action, Boesmanskop, Lindley.

- 1900 43702 — Burgher Du Plessis, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, On commando.

- 1900 46673 — Burgher Sarel Du Plessis, Boer Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, Bellevue, Reitz.

- 1900 46579 — Burgher Karel Theodoris Eksteen, Boer Forces, aged 43. Killed in action, Brakvlei.

- 1900 45634 — Burgher Piet Moller, Griqualandwes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 48. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 45630 — Burgher Willem C Monk, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 44997 — Burgher Gerhardus Stephanus Scheepers, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, Mafeking.

- 1900 44894 — Burgher Alwyn Petrus Smit, Griekwaland-Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 26. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 44688 — Burgher Johannes Josephus Swanepoel, Giekwaland-Wes Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 44649 — Burgher F Tesbie, Griekwaland Wes Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 44416 — Burgher Mynhardt Jacobus Van Der Westhuizen, Griqualand West Commando (Boer Forces), aged 21. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 43872 — Burgher Weideman, Boer Forces, aged 19. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1900 43790 — Burgher Zwiegers, Griekwaland Wes Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Fabersput.

- 1902 48286 — Burgher Adriaan (Johannes) Du Toit, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 17. Died of unknown while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1902 47982 — Burgher Johannes Stephanus Gouws, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 17. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, India, Sialkot.

- 1902 48136 — Burgher Daniël George Nortje, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 53. Died of stroke while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

- 1914 34717 — Detective (1st Class) Thomas Freeman, 63, District 39  Johannesburg (South African Police), aged 43. Died of heart failure.

- 1916 739 — Native Scout Private Levi Athindwa, 10, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment). Killed in action. He was the only one of 300 troops of 2RR killed during an assault on the so-called German Bridge over the Pangani River, north west of Buiko.

- 1916 6427 — Company Quartermaster Sergeant Donald Anderson Edgar, 1780, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 46. Died of wounds.

- 1916 7723 — Private Charles George Froude, 2977, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of dysentery.

- 1916 20084 — Trooper Andrew Peterson, 1681, 3rd (South African Horse). Died of malaria and sunstroke.

- 1916 21354 — Private Reginald Ruddock Rex, 577, 4th (South African Horse), aged 20. Died of malaria.

- 1916 24835 — Private James Taylor, S/5715, 8th Bn. (Seaforth Highlanders), aged 28. Died of wounds.

- 1917 282 — Labourer Jan Albrecht, 17157, Military Labour Corps. Died of malaria, at Durban Hospital.

- 1917 3134 — Labourer Jackson Busumyang, 17805, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at Jacobs Camp Durban, on return to South Africa.

- 1917 10790 — Corporal James William Jackson, 653, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of phthisis.

- 1917 14991 — Driver Aaron Manti, 16914, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died after discharge, at Zeerust.

- 1917 15757 — Driver Beti Mbela, 13846, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, after discharge, at Nqamakwe.

- 1917 21885 — Second Lieutenant Lawrence George Ross, 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's). Died of wounds.

- 1917 25584 — Labourer Johannes Tsoanetje, 19085, South African Native Labour Bureau. Morogoro.

- 1918 1447 — Driver Carel Wilhelmus Beetge, MT/6926, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 21. Died of septic pneumonia.

- 1918 4856 — Air Mechanic 1st Class Frederic Douglas Cusens, 65091, 21st Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 20. Died of wounds.

- 1918 11500 — Driver Kiviet Jooste, HT/2856, No. 7 Coy. (Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport). Died of tubercule lung.

- 1918 12272 — Bombardier Alexander Kinghorn, 9934, 1st (Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery), aged 25. Died of wounds.

- 1918 14068 — Private Harold Redvers Luyt, 12842, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.

- 1918 18311 — Native Constable Namunah, 118, British South African Police, aged 37. Died of pneumonia and heart failure.

- 1918 21619 — Corporal Cecil George Robertson, 4457, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds, thigh.

- 1918 22821 — Private Edward Thomas Cecil Shackleton, 13872, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

- 1918 23060 — Major Karl Otto Siedle, 174th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 28. Died of wounds, received in enemy air raid at Doullens.

- 1922 38989 — Lieutenant James Lewis Absolom, 124307, 1st Battalion (East African Mounted Rifles), aged 45. Died at Roberts Heights Hospital.

- 1936 30699 — Lance Bombardier Johannes Hendrik Herbst, 3647, Coast Artillery Brigade (South African Artillery), aged 29. Died of cerebral spinal meningitis, at Cape Town City Hospital.

- 1940 3931 — Junior Engineer Frank Charles Clarke, H.M.S. King Orry (Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)), aged 25. Killed in action, at Dunkirk.

- 1940 10535 — Assistant Cook Edmund George Hunt, 826427, H.M.S. King Orry (Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)), aged 47. Killed in action, at Dunkirk.

- 1941 6951 — Corporal Charles Edward Faulkner, 132466, 35 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 65. Died at Dire Dawa.

- 1941 14965 — Sergeant Edmund Ernest Mann, 117291, South African Corps of Signals, aged 20. Died on active service.

- 1941 15991 — Air Mechanic Bernard Evlyn McGillivray, 189338, South African Air Force, aged 25. Died in motor accident.

- 1942 744 — Trooper Cyril Joseph Atkinson, 214083, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps). Killed in action.

- 1942 3264 — Probationer Nurse Bessie L Cameron, 90973, South African Military Nursing Service, aged 37. Died on active service.

- 1942 3925 — Sergeant Desmond Douglas Preston Clarke, 114608, South African Artillery, aged 21. Died on active service.

- 1942 7423 — Private Fouche, 1951, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 67. Died on active service.

- 1942 7425 — Corporal Peter Georgius Fouche, 16844, South African Engineer Corps, aged 33. Died at Zonderwater, on active service.

- 1942 8879 — Lance Bombardier Bernard Gruskin, 113947, 5 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 29. Died of wounds.

- 1942 9812 — Sergeant Charles Walter Cornelius Hex, 214264, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps), aged 32. Died on active service.

- 1942 11248 — Corporal Charles Godfrey Johnson, 214329, 7th Reconnaissance Bn. (South African Tank Corps). Died on active service.

- 1942 12027 — Private Duncan Ferguss Kennedy, 1739, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died on active service.

- 1942 12663 — Private Jozef Kruger, 295108, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 42. Died on active service.

- 1942 22211 — Lance Bombardier Daniel Abraham Samuels, C/274806, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1942 22302 — Lieutenant Peter Harold Saunders, 203178V, 5 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, missing from bomber escort, presumed shot down by Bf109 SE of Gazala, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AM495.

- 1942 23666 — Sergeant Smuts, 141656, South African Intelligence Corps, aged 46. Died on active service.

- 1942 28555 — Corporal Anthony Willmers, 112386, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died of cerebral malaria.

- 1943 1318 — Air Corporal Robert Batty, 94165, 15 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 37. Died of nephritis and diabetes.

- 1943 5512 — Sergeant John Seton Delbridge, 152152, South African Coast Defence Corps, aged 35. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when an armoured car overturned.

- 1943 6734 — Pilot Officer David William Erickson, 160059, 44 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 20. Crashed NNW Genk Belgium.

- 1943 12923 — Private Ernest David Lang, 2269, No. 4 Platoon Mooi River (National Reserve Volunteer), aged 32. Died of coronary thrombosis, at Zonderwater.

- 1943 25517 — Staff Sergeant August Friedrich Heinrich Trusler, 51223, South African Artillery, aged 40. Died at Camp 104, whilst a POW.

- 1944 14621 — Private Ben Makakula, N/44283, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died on active service.

- 1944 16555 — Private Johannes Mguni, N/68787, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died of aortic incompetence.

- 1944 19319 — Private Jan Oliphant, C/566441, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1944 22338 — Air Sergeant Albert Martin Scally, 211399V, South African Air Force, aged 35. Died of malaria.

- 1944 26656 — Captain Schalk Willem Van Der Merwe, 102821V, 41 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Died in Aircraft Accident, crashed near St. Albans, in Curtis Kittyhawk Mk I #5008.

- 1945 16995 — Private Jordaan Mogade, N/26261, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of gunshot wound.

- 1945 17979 — Private James Muller, 592225V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died in motor accident, in Italy.

- 1945 20269 — Private Piet Piet, M/19839V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 39. Died on active service.

- 1945 24444 — Private Edward Stuurman, C/275955, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.

- 1945 26559 — Sergeant Van Der Bank, 416V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 51. Died on active service.

- 1945 26568 — Corporal Van Der Berg, 56387V, South African Corps of Military Police. Died on active service.

- 1945 27982 — Private Weevers, C/19459, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1946 27932 — Air Corporal Webb, 210726V, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died on active service.

- 1947 9457 — Signaller Jacobus Johannes Hauptfleisch, 289930V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 50. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1947 15119 — Private Maree, M/16737V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

- 1947 17546 — Private Jacobus Johannes Morton, 146003, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1947 23356 — Air Mechanic John Edward Small, 186718, South African Air Force, aged 42. Died of heart failure and cirrhosis of liver.

- 1948 29812 — Lieutenant Edward Shlomo Cohen, 136398, 911 Battalion (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.

- 1951 31017 — Captain David Doveton Kay, 80676695KB, 1 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 33. Died in Freak Accident, on the Artillery range at Potchefstroom when he was hit by a low flying spotter plane.

- 1952 31324 — Private Joshua Levy, 219436, Infantry (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.

- 1957 39498 — Private Shati Joseph, 1807, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1957 40470 — Lance Corporal Basilo Tongogara, 4762, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 50. Died in vehicle accident.

- 1964 29434 — Corporal Roland Herbert Bezuidenhout, P/25282, 1 Mobile Watch (South African Corps of Engineers), aged 27. Died of cerebral aneurism, at Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria.

- 1964 34651 — Constable Willem Sterrenberg Pretorius Fakude, 140282, Mpumalanga (South African Police), aged 35. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1965 39246 — Rifleman Edward Clifford Godfrey, 24029771, 2nd Green Jackets (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 23. Died of heart attack, while on R & R, on active service.

- 1970 33253 — Second Lieutenant Johannes Jacobus Theron, 66341264R, 4 Field Regiment (South African Artillery), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Messina.

- 1972 36269 — Detective Constable David M Mogano, S139229P, Moroka, Soweto (South African Police), aged 30. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1976 40187 — Sergeant William Patrick Phinn, 727127, Intelligence Corps (Rhodesia Army), aged 34. Committed suicide, gun shot wound to brain, at Inkomo barracks.

- 1977 39159 — Flight Lieutenant Bruce Ivan Collocott, 4123, 3 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Air Force), aged 28. Killed in action, while taking off at Mapai, Mocambique in Dakota #R3702, during Operation Aztec. Aircraft was hit by small arms and rocket fire and burst into flames.

- 1977 39289 — Trooper Christopher John Edmonds, 727562, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action, during Operation Aztec. Killed by ground fire while returning to base after an attack on ZANLA base "Rio", in Mocambique.

- 1977 39957 — Brian Murdoch, 4226, 4 Sqdn. (Rhodesia Army), aged 25. Died on active service.

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