We remember those who died in service on this day:
1900
45658Burgher Willem Johannes Meyer, Bethal Commando (Boer Forces), aged 35.Killed in action, Schaapkraal.
1900
48437Burgher Willem Hendrik Ras, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 23.Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.
1901
47259Burgher Jacobus F (Kotie) Botha, Marico Commando (Boer Forces), aged 25.Killed in action, Roodepoort.
1901
44393Burgher Jacobus Cornelius Van Dyk, Johannesburg (Boer Forces), aged 40.Killed in action, Florida.
1915
11435Gunner Griffith Hugh Jones, 375, Northern Force "E" Section (Machine Gun Brigade), aged 36.Accidentally killed, leaned over a bucket of explosive detonators whilst smoking a pipe, at Okawhamo.
1915
13594Sergeant Matthew Norton Lilford, O/169, 5th (South African Mounted Brigade), aged 52.Died of cirrhosis of liver.
1916
12333Private Kirsten, South African Railway Services.Died on active service.
1916
13206Lieutenant Frederick Henry Norris Lee, 1st Bn. (Irish Guards), aged 30.Died of wounds.
1916
21057Private James Ramsay, 301, 2nd (South African Rifles).Died of blackwater fever.
1917
11720Donkey Driver Sam Kakene Or Kekani, 17402, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau).Presumed East Africa.
1917
39138Private Piet Phuleng, 7976, 15th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 22.Died of tuberculosis after discharge (Discharged 4 July 1917).
1917
39410Private Lucas Sekete, 5881, 1st Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 39.Died after discharge (Discharged 4 July 1917).
1917
24258Driver Abraham Stoffels, MT/3910, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 27.Died of malaria, on H.M.S. "Oxfordshire", at sea.
1917
28217Private Norman White, 432, 5th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23.Died of valvular heart disease.
1918
1290Lance Corporal Gladstone Bateman, 824, 2nd Bn. (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 33.Died of blackwater fever, at Hague Mine.
1918
7556Second Lieutenant Hugh Robert Frank, 209th Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 19.Killed in action, flying on Sopwith Camel, shot down near Morcourt (Somme) after a combat against a Fokker DVII.
1918
7606Sergeant James Robert Fraser, MT/6879, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 52.Died of malaria.
1918
7629Private Abraham Fredericks, 17159, 30th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis.
1918
8052Private Richard Gerrard, 8246, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39.Died of hemoptysis.
1918
12972Captain Lockhart Henry Larkins, 13th Bn. (Tank Corps), aged 39.Killed in action. With the 8th Battalion, the 13th Battalion of the Tank Corps was part of the 5th Tank Brigade which was attached to the 4th Australian Division. The Battalion was heavily in action on the 4th July 1918 during the capture of Le Hamel. Three tanks were put out of action.
1918
14191Second Lieutenant George Hasken MacAskill, School of Aeronautics (Royal Air Force), aged 28.Died of injuries, received accidentally.
1918
15836Company Sergeant Major Samuel Patrick McCann, CR/28, Roberts Heights Discharge Depot (Camp Commandants Staff, S.A. Forces).Died of tuberculosis.
1918
41376Native Constable John Ndhliwengedhlana, 1782, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 44.Died on active service.
1918
19605Corporal Lorimer Albert Palmer, 2551, South African Medical Corps, aged 44.Died of abscess of lung following chronic malarial debility.
1918
27987Lieutenant James Weight, 42nd Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 19.Killed in action.
1919
27179Private William Peter Van Zyl, 12381, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21.Died of sarcoma.
1935
34530Gideon Johannes Jacobus Du Plessis, 1265(F), 2 Dist (Paarl) CW Div (South African Police), aged 32.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1940
4083Constable Gordon Percival Cochrane, 3590, British South African Police, aged 27.Died of cerebral malaria.
1940
12883Flying Officer Eric Bell Lancaster, 40121, 144 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force), aged 26.Killed in action, Hampden P4361 crashed at Russee, Germany.
1941
13637Private Aubrey Spencer Hamilton Lindsay-Bucknall, 120185, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 56.Died on active service.
1941
20872Air Mechanic Clarence Talbot Meintjes Quin, 210597, South African Air Force, aged 59.Died at Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.
1941
24214Sapper Johannes Phillipus Steyn, 134775, South African Engineer Corps.Died on active service.
1941
28421Private Francis Henry Thomas Williams, 5442, 3 Field Provost Coy. (South African Corps of Military Police).Died on active service.
1942
1140Air Mechanic Aubrey Russell Barnes, 544000, South African Air Force, aged 23.Died of pneumonia.
1942
5305Corporal Gabriel Johannes De Klerk, 56680, 7 Provost Coy. (South African Corps of Military Police), aged 64.Died of cardiac failure.
1942
7356Captain Michael Arderne Forder, 51270, 2 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 25.Died whilst a POW.
1942
8068Air Sergeant Albert William Geyer, 103918V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force).Possibly shot down by Günther Steinhausen, 20km SSE El Alamein or Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, SW Burg-el-Arab.
1942
8418Lieutenant Colonel Edward Ian Drummond Gordon, 111739, South African Staff Corps, aged 64.Died of bronco pneumonia.
1942
8480Sergeant Gouws, 61375, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1942
10875Private Jacobs, C/288949, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1942
12035Lance Corporal Kennedy, 178845, South African Corps of Signals.Died on active service.
1942
12891Lieutenant Derrick Ronald Landau, 203212, South African Air Force, aged 28.Died on active service.
1942
13729Private Harry Lochenberg, C/167352, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22.Killed in action, during artillery and air attacks, near El Alamein.
1942
17605Private Petros Mosiane, N/18274, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of wounds.
1942
21910Trooper Louis Johannes Rossouw, 213989, 4th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 31.Died whilst a POW.
1942
22057Lieutenant Frederick James Rusk, 103913V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 27.Killed in flying accident, in East Africa.
1942
23053Private Percy Sidyiye, N/8069, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of wounds.
1942
23433Sergeant Bernard Smith, 175589, Remount Sqdn. (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 56.Died on active service.
1942
25704Second Lieutenant James Tzamtzis, 205869V, 72 Operational Training Unit RAF (South African Air Force), aged 27.Possibly shot down by Gunther Steinhausen, 20km SSE El Alamein or Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, SW Burg-el-Arab.
1942
28657Lieutenant William George Duncan Wilson, 102297V, attd. RAF Malta (South African Air Force).Possibly shot down by Gunther Steinhausen, 20km SSE El Alamein or Hans-Arnold "Fiffi" Stahlschmidt, SW Burg-el-Arab.
1943
18924Air Corporal Rudolph Lieb Nolte, 59343, South African Air Force, aged 36.Died of malignant endocarditis.
1943
40800Sergeant Max Scheddle, 1268317, 90 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 34.Killed in action, crashed on way to target, in Stirling EH907.
1944
2612Captain George Stephanus Brink, 36228V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 32.Killed in action, hit by flak at Faenza, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB517.
1944
5576Bombardier Daniel Arthur Denyssen, 124238V, 18 Bty. (South African Artillery), aged 26.Died on active service.
1944
8232Lieutenant Jeffery William Gishford, 328974V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, hit by flak at Faenza, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB517.
1944
10182Lieutenant Jack Albert Holt, 103882V, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25.Killed in aircraft accident, in Marauder III #HD416.
1944
12674Private Johannes Hendrik Kruger, 701995, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 61.Died on active service.
1944
18512Lieutenant Johannes Cornelius Nel, 102275V, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Killed in action, hit by flak at Faenza, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB517.
1944
28112Lieutenant Jan Westerbeek Van Eerten, 206710V, 70 Operational Training Unit (South African Air Force), aged 25.Died in Aircraft Accident, in Marauder III #HD416.
1944
28732Lieutenant Norman Walter Witt, 542245V, 70 Operational Training Unit (South African Air Force).Killed in aircraft accident, in Marauder III #HD416.
1945
10965Private Sakala Jailo, NRA/12213, 3rd Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment).Died on active service.
1945
24368Private Stripp, C/305212, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1946
14359Lieutenant Ross MacNaughton, Veterans Guard of Canada.Died on active service.
1947
20903Sergeant Heinrich W L Rabe, 545618, South African Pay Corps, aged 47.Died on active service.
1954
36459Constable Jacob Mosiane, 127528, Free State (South African Police), aged 42.Murdered by natives.
1956
41667Flight Sergeant Reginald Rice Sutherland, P/16987, 1 Mil Hospital (South African Air Force), aged 49.Died of brain hemorrhagen while under anesthetic, in Pretoria Hospital.
1961
37180Major Matubane George Pittaway, 16488, Swapol-Tin Rundu (South African Police), aged 29.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1967
40869Private Tiberius Ncube, R44158, Keep Protection (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 21.Died on active service.
1974
31146Trooper Jan Albertus Kotze, 70418850N, 1 Special Service Battalion (South African Armoured Corps), aged 19.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Eastern Caprivi.
1975
39304Rifleman Willem Gerhardus Cornelius Emerick, PR43602, 8th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 28.Killed in action, from multiple shrapnel wounds, in Kandeya Tribal Trust Lands, Mount Darwin, Op Hurricane.
1976
32436Colonel Floris Albert Patterson, 01219575, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 48.He was medically boarded in 1970, following a stroke which left him partially paralyzed. He died 6 years later.
1977
37184Heinrich Pool, 0604587-1, 30 Dist (Kroonstad) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 20.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1979
31139Rifleman Carlo Johannes Kotze, 76245695BA, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19.Died of injuries, at 1 Mil Hospital, Pretoria, received in a Military Vehicle Accident, at Otjiwarongo Base on 3 July.
1979
33425Rifleman Balthazer Johannes Carolus Van Der Walt, 76246891BG, 1st SWA Specialist Unit (South West African Territory Force), aged 19.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, Buffel Troop Carrier in which he was a passenger, overturned near Ruacana.
1981
36185Detective Constable Cornelius Ephraim Mkoka, S141247N, Head Office (South African Police), aged 53.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1981
33555Rifleman Pieter Adriaan Van Niekerk, 77203321BG, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 20.Died in Shooting Incident, near Oshakati, during Ops Protea.
1983
29404Rifleman Phillip Keith Bentley, 80366230, 4 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18.Died from Epilepsy.
1983
32369Staff Sergeant John Christian Anthony Oliver, 66437336PE, 1 Construction Regiment (South African Engineer Corps), aged 33.Died as a result of injuries following a military vehicle accident at Moshesh, near Rundu, Samil 50 rolled.
1984
29191Sergeant Johnny Ralph Adams, 79080644PC, South African Catering Corps, aged 23.Died of injuries, received in freak accident, while playing with a phosphorus grenade which exploded in a bunker at Hurricane on 2 July 1984. He died at 1Mil Hospital on 4 July 1984.
1986
29748Corporal Jacobus Nicolaas Claase, 80250376PE, Ciskei Parachute Battalion (1 Parachute Battalion), aged 21.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Richmond (Cape Province).
1986
31107Rifleman Richard Alexander Knipe, 82535154BG, 62 Mechanised Battalion (1 Parachute Battalion), aged 20.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Richmond.
1986
37342Constable Petrus Gideon Retief, W412688E, 19 Dist (Fort Beaufort) CE Div (South African Police), aged 20.Died on active service.
1989
34800Detective Warrant Officer At Gouws, W35351K, 7 Dist (Worcester) CW Div (South African Police), aged 25.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1989
34836Detective Constable Jacobus O Grobler, W407755K, District 39 Johannesburg (Band) (South African Police), aged 34.Died on active service.
1995
35440Johannes Jacobus Lotz, 471961-1, Port Elizabeth (South African Police), aged 43.Accidentally killed, shot by a sentry.
1997
36286Sergeant Maisha Phanuel Mohlobuka, 924361-5, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 23.Died in bus accident.
1998
36824Sergeant Le Roy Ngobeni, 528845-6, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 25.Stabbed to death by natives.
2002
34226Constable J Gerhard Brussel, 535063-8, 44 Dist (Pretoria Depot) Tvl Div (South African Police Service), aged 23.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2005
36734Constable Joseph Ndlakuse, 7022419-6, Western Cape (South African Police Service), aged 27.Drowned.
2012
42828Warrant Officer Siganga, 517845-2, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.