On This Day

On This Day — 31 March

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47481Burgher Belsazar Johannes Bester, Boer Forces, aged 49. Killed in action, Sannaspos.

1900

47108Burgher Coenraad W. Buys, Boer Forces, aged 40. Killed in action, Mafeking.

1900

47109Burgher Hendrik Willem J Buys, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Mafeking.

1900

46393Burgher Gerhardus Hubertus Goosen, Senekal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, Sannaspos.

1900

46208Burgher Thomas Heyns, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Waterwerke(Sannaspos).

1900

48447Burgher Stephanus Nel, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 21. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

48429Burgher Johannes S Scheepers, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 17. Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

48508Burgher M M J Van Rensburg, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces). Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

1900

44042Burgher Hendrik J S Venter, Boer Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, Sannaspos.

1901

47430Burgher Johannes Izaak Bezuidenhoudt, Utrecht Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, N'gotje Vryheid.

1901

47426Burgher Johannes Izaak (Ac Sn) Bezuidenhout, Boer Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, N'Gotje.

1901

43489Burgher Davel, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Mhlangampisi.

1902

47302Burgher Gerhardus Stefanus Botes, Wolmaransstad Commando (Boer Forces), aged 33. Killed in action, Boschbult/Brakspruit.

1902

46834Burgher Sybrand Johannes De Klerk, Bethal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 33. Killed in action, Rensburghoop, Bethal.

1902

46743Burgher Bennie (J) Deysel, Johannesburg Police Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Brakspruit,Ottosdal.

1902

48294Burgher Roelof Petrus Diedericks, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 19. Died of Glumeronephritis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

1902

46263Burgher J.h. . Harmse, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, Boschbult/Brakspruit.

1902

46260Burgher Theodor (Pieter) Heinrich Harmse, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, Brakspruit, Roodewal.

1902

45540Burgher Isak Johannes Naude, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, Boschbult/Brakspruit.

1902

45195Burgher Willem Hendrik Pretorius, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 36. Killed in action, Brakspruit.

1902

45080Burgher Gert Roets, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Brakspruit Klerksdorp.

1902

45079Burgher Pieter Gerrit Wessel Roets, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 38. Killed in action, Brakspruit Ottosdal.

1902

44597Burgher J N Uys, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Brakspruit.

1907

33307Hartley Toes, 79880498HX, C Division (Transvaal Town Police), aged 32. Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet.

1915

41353Native Constable Paul Mrabula, 1157, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died of cirrhosis of the liver.

1916

301Labourer Gideon Aleck, 1887, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces. Died of malaria, at Mbuyuni.

1916

412Second Lieutenant Henry Tristram Almond, 3rd Bn. (Gordon Highlanders), aged 35. Killed in action.

1916

6654Labourer Louis Engelbrecht, 2674, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Nairobi.

1916

8185Sergeant Adam Gillanders, 223, Medical Section (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died of acute pneumonia, at Tempe.

1916

13967Private Herbert Mel Lowe, 8354, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received at Salaita Hill on 12th Feb.

1916

21068Pack Leader Isaac Ramutswane, 2098, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of typhoid, at Nairobi.

1917

217Private Willem Adonis, 1660, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 29. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

1917

3218Private Sidney Luke Cain, 1750, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

1917

6415Mule Driver Dial Eazu, 16689, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

7121Private Frank Digby Filer, 10281, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.

1917

9002Labourer Isaac Hala, 14366, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

1917

12573Labourer Isaac Kortom Or Korton, 17195, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of enteric fever, at Dar Es Salaam.

1917

11701Private Kachaz, 1128, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

1917

12182Labourer Jan Khupudi, 18565, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.

1917

12736Private Kundangwi, 1203, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

1917

13683Donkey Driver Petrus Litsebe, 17494, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

14518Driver Klaas Magwada, 12811, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 24. Died of dysentery and malaria, at sea, on "Ebani".

1917

14830Driver Kleinjan Malotle, 17713, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

41391Native Constable William Mancuncu, 2619, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 38. Died at Umtata Hospital.

1917

14903Ox Driver Thomas Mandisi, 15938, South African Native Labour Bureau. Tanga.

1917

15786Leader Alex Mbow, 3069, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

1917

18180Private Muwango, 0410, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

1917

19913Leader Alfred Pegram, 17753, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

20509Labourer Stone Poqami, 18102, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

1917

22168Private Salimu, S/118, Northern Rhodesia Police. Killed in action.

1917

22831Private Shamonga, 1623, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died on active service.

1917

29106Private Zingani, 0377, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

1918

7221Corporal Aubrey Leonard Fitz-Patrick, 7493, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds.

1918

8270Lance Corporal Claude Louis Goad, 6817, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of gas poisoning, whilst a POW.

1918

11982Private Patrick Kelly, 13779, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Missing in action, in Germany.

1918

12081Sergeant James Wollie Kerridge, G/15362, 21st Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 33. Died of wounds.

1918

12822Sergeant Heron James William Laing, 6642, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of wounds.

1918

16260Lance Corporal Hugh Cumberford McVean, 3323, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of wounds.

1918

22326Private Ernest Edgar Sawyer, 30255, Bedfordshire Yeomanry, aged 22. Killed in action.

1918

26875Private Frederick Maurice Van Nessen, 2448, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died after discharge, of unknown causes.

1918

28871Corporal Cecil Herbert Wright, 13860, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

1921

23680Corporal Ernest Snelling, SAR/580, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service. Died of silicosis.

1937

32501Air Apprentice Andries Petrus Pienaar, P4582, 2 Field Engineer Regiment (South African Air Force), aged 21. Died in Shooting Incident.

1940

3296Air Mechanic Charles Edward Stuart Campbell, P/4580, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of injuries, fractured skull, received in motorcycle accident in Potgieter Street, Pretoria.

1941

14840Private John Mbuyasi Maluleka, N/14149, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of tuberculosis.

1941

21995Private Norman Rubin, M/11078, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1941

26632Lieutenant Johan Van Der Merwe, 102781, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, shot down north of Asmara, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #V7733.

1942

10243Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Mitchell Hopkins, 17838, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, shot down by Bf109s in circuit Gasr el Arid, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN429.

1942

13056Gunner John Lawrence, C/287048, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Died on active service.

1942

18515Private Jan Hendrik Nel, 35761, 2nd (Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces), aged 47. Died of liver abscess, in Johannesburg General Hospital. Originally diagnosed with cholecystitis in Kimberley Hospital, transferred to Johannesburg General on 7 March 1942.

1942

19938Private George W Pennells, M/20901, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.

1942

20490Staff Sergeant Frederic John Poole, 240156, South African Pay Corps, aged 55. Died at Pretoria, on active service.

1942

37337Constable Albertus Jacobus Redelinghuys, 14393, 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 32. Died of fractured skull, when accidentally struck by a motor car when on duty on Main Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town.

1942

26606Lance Bombardier Barend F Van Der Merwe, 104906, South African Artillery, aged 24. Died on active service.

1943

4709Second Lieutenant Cronje, 206514, 43 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 22. Died in aircraft accident, flew into hillside at Bushmen's River, near Alicedale, while night flying, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3716.

1943

5897Captain Albert Victor Donnolly, P/204, South African Air Force, aged 46. Killed in aircraft accident, fell out of aeroplane during test flight near Eastleigh Nairobi, in Hawker Hartbees #814.

1943

26587Second Lieutenant Jan Willem Van Der Klashorst, 207014, 43 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, flew into hillside at Bushmen's River, near Alicedale, while night flying, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3716.

1943

28893Air Mechanic Wright, 208655, South African Air Force. Died on active service.

1944

1342Chief Officer Robert Bayes, S.V. Crouch Belle (Merchant Navy), aged 69. Drowned, on board, at Lyness.

1944

13102Lieutenant Jan H J Le Grange, P/6812V, South African Air Force, aged 22. Killed in aircraft accident, collided with #7160, in AT-6 Harvard #7217.

1944

21177Able Seaman Albert Edward Ravens, CN/72213V, H.M.S.A.S. Bluff (South African Naval Forces), aged 30. Accidentally drowned.

1945

155Private Karel Adams, C/276481V, 1st Bn. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 39. Died in battle accident, fell from moving truck.

1945

3018Private Beyers Burger, 597148, Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 16. Died of complications following an operation for appendicitis.

1945

10283Chief Petty Officer Peter Daniel Horne, 66661V, H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure (South African Naval Forces), aged 42. Died after discharge.

1945

10368Rifleman Alfred Ernest Howe, 11631, Kaffrarian Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died whilst a POW.

1945

20584Able Seaman Leonard Edward Povey, 71182V, H.M.S.A.S. Donkin (South African Naval Forces), aged 21. Died of subarachnoid haemorrhage.

1945

23209Private Roy Sinclair, 1831, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of malignant tumour region parotid in Bologna Civil Hospital, whilst a POW.

1946

5487Lieutenant George Samuel Deane, 203318V, South African Air Force, aged 49. Died of cerebral thrombosis.

1946

23354Sapper Harold Ernest Smale, 5836, South African Engineer Corps, aged 40. Died on active service.

1946

23536Private John Smith, M/27426V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died of gastro enteritis.

1960

41712Air Mechanic Daniel Johannes Deacon Terblanche, P/15983, Pay Branch (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died of injuries, multiple injuries, struck by a car on the corner of Van Riebeeck and Lyttelton Road, Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria.

1968

37486Detective Sergeant Hosea Matsobane Selaku, 126121, Crime Intelligence Service, Katlehong (South African Police), aged 21. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1969

33907Sergeant Theophillus Worst, 66013145, 3 Supply and Transport Depot (Administrative Services Corps), aged 46. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

1970

33827Captain Adam Weiler, 484516, Armoured Corps (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.

1972

34903Constable Barry P Hartwell, W55357F, Claremont (South African Police), aged 19. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.

1977

39004District Assistant Jeremy Bungwe, 648330, 7 Sqdn. (Internal Affairs), aged 22. Killed in action at Chipinga.

1977

33560Private Wilhelm Jacobus Johannes Van Niewenhuizen, 65576993BA, 32 Field Workshop (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 28. Died in Military Vehicle Accident.

1978

39267Dip Superintendant Mzingwane Dube, 646255, 6 Composite Squadron (Internal Affairs), aged 24. Killed in action, by insurgents.

1978

38800Detective Sergeant Prosper Tani, 20656, Criminal Investigation Department (British South Africa Police), aged 26. Died in accidental shooting, at night on the Chabwena Farm, Enterprise.

1979

39393Sergeant John Zindoga Hamandishe, 644775, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 20. Killed in action.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 31 March

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47481 — Burgher Belsazar Johannes Bester, Boer Forces, aged 49. Killed in action, Sannaspos.

- 1900 47108 — Burgher Coenraad W. Buys, Boer Forces, aged 40. Killed in action, Mafeking.

- 1900 47109 — Burgher Hendrik Willem J Buys, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Mafeking.

- 1900 46393 — Burgher Gerhardus Hubertus Goosen, Senekal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, Sannaspos.

- 1900 46208 — Burgher Thomas Heyns, Bethlehem Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Waterwerke(Sannaspos).

- 1900 48447 — Burgher Stephanus Nel, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 21. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 48429 — Burgher Johannes S Scheepers, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 17. Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 48508 — Burgher M M J Van Rensburg, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces). Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

- 1900 44042 — Burgher Hendrik J S Venter, Boer Forces, aged 28. Killed in action, Sannaspos.

- 1901 47430 — Burgher Johannes Izaak Bezuidenhoudt, Utrecht Commando (Boer Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, N'gotje Vryheid.

- 1901 47426 — Burgher Johannes Izaak (Ac Sn) Bezuidenhout, Boer Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, N'Gotje.

- 1901 43489 — Burgher Davel, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Mhlangampisi.

- 1902 47302 — Burgher Gerhardus Stefanus Botes, Wolmaransstad Commando (Boer Forces), aged 33. Killed in action, Boschbult/Brakspruit.

- 1902 46834 — Burgher Sybrand Johannes De Klerk, Bethal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 33. Killed in action, Rensburghoop, Bethal.

- 1902 46743 — Burgher Bennie (J) Deysel, Johannesburg Police Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Brakspruit,Ottosdal.

- 1902 48294 — Burgher Roelof Petrus Diedericks, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 19. Died of Glumeronephritis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.

- 1902 46263 — Burgher J.h. . Harmse, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, Boschbult/Brakspruit.

- 1902 46260 — Burgher Theodor (Pieter) Heinrich Harmse, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 19. Killed in action, Brakspruit, Roodewal.

- 1902 45540 — Burgher Isak Johannes Naude, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, Boschbult/Brakspruit.

- 1902 45195 — Burgher Willem Hendrik Pretorius, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 36. Killed in action, Brakspruit.

- 1902 45080 — Burgher Gert Roets, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Brakspruit Klerksdorp.

- 1902 45079 — Burgher Pieter Gerrit Wessel Roets, Rustenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 38. Killed in action, Brakspruit Ottosdal.

- 1902 44597 — Burgher J N Uys, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Brakspruit.

- 1907 33307 — Hartley Toes, 79880498HX, C Division (Transvaal Town Police), aged 32. Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet.

- 1915 41353 — Native Constable Paul Mrabula, 1157, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died of cirrhosis of the liver.

- 1916 301 — Labourer Gideon Aleck, 1887, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces. Died of malaria, at Mbuyuni.

- 1916 412 — Second Lieutenant Henry Tristram Almond, 3rd Bn. (Gordon Highlanders), aged 35. Killed in action.

- 1916 6654 — Labourer Louis Engelbrecht, 2674, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at Nairobi.

- 1916 8185 — Sergeant Adam Gillanders, 223, Medical Section (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34. Died of acute pneumonia, at Tempe.

- 1916 13967 — Private Herbert Mel Lowe, 8354, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received at Salaita Hill on 12th Feb.

- 1916 21068 — Pack Leader Isaac Ramutswane, 2098, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of typhoid, at Nairobi.

- 1917 217 — Private Willem Adonis, 1660, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 29. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

- 1917 3218 — Private Sidney Luke Cain, 1750, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Died of wounds.

- 1917 6415 — Mule Driver Dial Eazu, 16689, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 7121 — Private Frank Digby Filer, 10281, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.

- 1917 9002 — Labourer Isaac Hala, 14366, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

- 1917 12573 — Labourer Isaac Kortom Or Korton, 17195, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of enteric fever, at Dar Es Salaam.

- 1917 11701 — Private Kachaz, 1128, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

- 1917 12182 — Labourer Jan Khupudi, 18565, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Dar Es Salaam.

- 1917 12736 — Private Kundangwi, 1203, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

- 1917 13683 — Donkey Driver Petrus Litsebe, 17494, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 14518 — Driver Klaas Magwada, 12811, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 24. Died of dysentery and malaria, at sea, on "Ebani".

- 1917 14830 — Driver Kleinjan Malotle, 17713, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 41391 — Native Constable William Mancuncu, 2619, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 38. Died at Umtata Hospital.

- 1917 14903 — Ox Driver Thomas Mandisi, 15938, South African Native Labour Bureau. Tanga.

- 1917 15786 — Leader Alex Mbow, 3069, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

- 1917 18180 — Private Muwango, 0410, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

- 1917 19913 — Leader Alfred Pegram, 17753, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 20509 — Labourer Stone Poqami, 18102, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.

- 1917 22168 — Private Salimu, S/118, Northern Rhodesia Police. Killed in action.

- 1917 22831 — Private Shamonga, 1623, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died on active service.

- 1917 29106 — Private Zingani, 0377, Northern Rhodesia Police. Died of wounds.

- 1918 7221 — Corporal Aubrey Leonard Fitz-Patrick, 7493, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds.

- 1918 8270 — Lance Corporal Claude Louis Goad, 6817, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 37. Died of gas poisoning, whilst a POW.

- 1918 11982 — Private Patrick Kelly, 13779, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Missing in action, in Germany.

- 1918 12081 — Sergeant James Wollie Kerridge, G/15362, 21st Bn. (Middlesex Regiment), aged 33. Died of wounds.

- 1918 12822 — Sergeant Heron James William Laing, 6642, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of wounds.

- 1918 16260 — Lance Corporal Hugh Cumberford McVean, 3323, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Died of wounds.

- 1918 22326 — Private Ernest Edgar Sawyer, 30255, Bedfordshire Yeomanry, aged 22. Killed in action.

- 1918 26875 — Private Frederick Maurice Van Nessen, 2448, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Died after discharge, of unknown causes.

- 1918 28871 — Corporal Cecil Herbert Wright, 13860, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Died of wounds, whilst a POW.

- 1921 23680 — Corporal Ernest Snelling, SAR/580, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service. Died of silicosis.

- 1937 32501 — Air Apprentice Andries Petrus Pienaar, P4582, 2 Field Engineer Regiment (South African Air Force), aged 21. Died in Shooting Incident.

- 1940 3296 — Air Mechanic Charles Edward Stuart Campbell, P/4580, South African Air Force, aged 26. Died of injuries, fractured skull, received in motorcycle accident in Potgieter Street, Pretoria.

- 1941 14840 — Private John Mbuyasi Maluleka, N/14149, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1941 21995 — Private Norman Rubin, M/11078, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1941 26632 — Lieutenant Johan Van Der Merwe, 102781, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, shot down north of Asmara, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #V7733.

- 1942 10243 — Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Mitchell Hopkins, 17838, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, shot down by Bf109s in circuit Gasr el Arid, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AN429.

- 1942 13056 — Gunner John Lawrence, C/287048, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Died on active service.

- 1942 18515 — Private Jan Hendrik Nel, 35761, 2nd (Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces), aged 47. Died of liver abscess, in Johannesburg General Hospital. Originally diagnosed with cholecystitis in Kimberley Hospital, transferred to Johannesburg General on 7 March 1942.

- 1942 19938 — Private George W Pennells, M/20901, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 25. Died on active service.

- 1942 20490 — Staff Sergeant Frederic John Poole, 240156, South African Pay Corps, aged 55. Died at Pretoria, on active service.

- 1942 37337 — Constable Albertus Jacobus Redelinghuys, 14393, 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 32. Died of fractured skull, when accidentally struck by a motor car when on duty on Main Road, Muizenberg, Cape Town.

- 1942 26606 — Lance Bombardier Barend F Van Der Merwe, 104906, South African Artillery, aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1943 4709 — Second Lieutenant Cronje, 206514, 43 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 22. Died in aircraft accident, flew into hillside at Bushmen's River, near Alicedale, while night flying, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3716.

- 1943 5897 — Captain Albert Victor Donnolly, P/204, South African Air Force, aged 46. Killed in aircraft accident, fell out of aeroplane during test flight near Eastleigh Nairobi, in Hawker Hartbees #814.

- 1943 26587 — Second Lieutenant Jan Willem Van Der Klashorst, 207014, 43 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, flew into hillside at Bushmen's River, near Alicedale, while night flying, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3716.

- 1943 28893 — Air Mechanic Wright, 208655, South African Air Force. Died on active service.

- 1944 1342 — Chief Officer Robert Bayes, S.V. Crouch Belle (Merchant Navy), aged 69. Drowned, on board, at Lyness.

- 1944 13102 — Lieutenant Jan H J Le Grange, P/6812V, South African Air Force, aged 22. Killed in aircraft accident, collided with #7160, in AT-6 Harvard #7217.

- 1944 21177 — Able Seaman Albert Edward Ravens, CN/72213V, H.M.S.A.S. Bluff (South African Naval Forces), aged 30. Accidentally drowned.

- 1945 155 — Private Karel Adams, C/276481V, 1st Bn. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 39. Died in battle accident, fell from moving truck.

- 1945 3018 — Private Beyers Burger, 597148, Youth Training Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 16. Died of complications following an operation for appendicitis.

- 1945 10283 — Chief Petty Officer Peter Daniel Horne, 66661V, H.M.S.A.S. Bonaventure (South African Naval Forces), aged 42. Died after discharge.

- 1945 10368 — Rifleman Alfred Ernest Howe, 11631, Kaffrarian Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died whilst a POW.

- 1945 20584 — Able Seaman Leonard Edward Povey, 71182V, H.M.S.A.S. Donkin (South African Naval Forces), aged 21. Died of subarachnoid haemorrhage.

- 1945 23209 — Private Roy Sinclair, 1831, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Died of malignant tumour region parotid in Bologna Civil Hospital, whilst a POW.

- 1946 5487 — Lieutenant George Samuel Deane, 203318V, South African Air Force, aged 49. Died of cerebral thrombosis.

- 1946 23354 — Sapper Harold Ernest Smale, 5836, South African Engineer Corps, aged 40. Died on active service.

- 1946 23536 — Private John Smith, M/27426V, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Died of gastro enteritis.

- 1960 41712 — Air Mechanic Daniel Johannes Deacon Terblanche, P/15983, Pay Branch (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died of injuries, multiple injuries, struck by a car on the corner of Van Riebeeck and Lyttelton Road, Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria.

- 1968 37486 — Detective Sergeant Hosea Matsobane Selaku, 126121, Crime Intelligence Service, Katlehong (South African Police), aged 21. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1969 33907 — Sergeant Theophillus Worst, 66013145, 3 Supply and Transport Depot (Administrative Services Corps), aged 46. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1970 33827 — Captain Adam Weiler, 484516, Armoured Corps (Israeli Defence Forces), aged 25. Killed in action, in the defense of Israel.

- 1972 34903 — Constable Barry P Hartwell, W55357F, Claremont (South African Police), aged 19. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident.

- 1977 39004 — District Assistant Jeremy Bungwe, 648330, 7 Sqdn. (Internal Affairs), aged 22. Killed in action at Chipinga.

- 1977 33560 — Private Wilhelm Jacobus Johannes Van Niewenhuizen, 65576993BA, 32 Field Workshop (South African Technical Services Corps), aged 28. Died in Military Vehicle Accident.

- 1978 39267 — Dip Superintendant Mzingwane Dube, 646255, 6 Composite Squadron (Internal Affairs), aged 24. Killed in action, by insurgents.

- 1978 38800 — Detective Sergeant Prosper Tani, 20656, Criminal Investigation Department (British South Africa Police), aged 26. Died in accidental shooting, at night on the Chabwena Farm, Enterprise.

- 1979 39393 — Sergeant John Zindoga Hamandishe, 644775, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 20. Killed in action.

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