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ON THIS DAY

05 January

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 5 January

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
46877Burgher Cornelis Johannes De Jager, Boer Forces (Bethlehem Cmdt J.H. Naude Commando), aged 35. Killed in action, Colesberg.
1900
49386Trooper Greig, 142, Border Mounted Rifles. Died, Ladysmith.
1900
49392Trooper Murray, 388, Border Mounted Rifles. Died, Ladysmith.
1900
45549Burgher Marthinus G Mynhardt, Boer Forces (Cmdt E.R. Grobler Commando), aged 25. Killed in action, Colesberg.
1900
45197Burgher Willem Pretorius, Boer Forces (Thaba Nchu Commando), aged 25. Killed in action, Colesberg.
1900
44636Burgher M Jan Hendrik Theron, Boer Forces (Heilbron), aged 25. Killed in action, Colesberg.
1900
44631Burgher C.j. Tosen, Boer Forces (Ermelo Commando). Killed in action, Sterkfontein.
1900
43868Burgher Weldon, Boer Forces, aged 45. Killed in action, near Colesberg.
1901
43472Burgher Dreyer, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Zwaartlaagte.
1901
46713Burgher Thomas Andries Dreyer, Boer Forces (Rustenburg Commando), aged 62. Killed in action, Minnegotoskraal Zwartlaagte.
1901
47846Burgher Jacobus Viljoen Geldenhuis, Boer Forces (Prisoner of War), aged 46. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1901
49535Captain Thomas Yockney, Imperial Light Horse. Killed in action, at Cyferfontein.
1902
45585Burgher Herman Muller, Boer Forces (Rustenburg Commando), aged 25. Killed in action, Lindleyspoort.
1902
45554Burgher Nicolaas J. Myburgh, Boer Forces, aged 26. Killed in action, Kraairivierpoort,Lady Grey.
1903
48393Burgher Jan Johannes Viljoen, Boer Forces (Prisoner of War), aged 51. Died of unknown while a prisoner of war, Umbilo.
1916
41054Labourer Jan J Newfeldt, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)), aged 20. Died of unknown causes, at Queenstown.
1917
73Driver John Abrams, 265, Natives (South African Field Artillery). Died of malaria, at Dodoma.
1917
14565Private Hosea Mahuna, 7640, 12th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died at sea, on the Durham Castle.
1917
14957Labourer Noah Mankoane, 11246, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died of malaria, at sea, on H.M.T. "Gascon".
1917
15201Private Walter John Marriott, 7508, 2nd (South African Horse). Died of embolism of coronary artery and cardiac failure.
1917
18145Labourer Simon Musetsi, 3464, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of malaria, at Kibata.
1918
900Second Lieutenant Royal Hubert Silas Bailey, 1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div. (Royal Marine Light Infantry), aged 30. Killed in action.
1918
8175Sapper Charles Sydney Gill, WSC/60, South African Water Supply Corps (Corps), aged 53. Died of dysentery, at sea, on "H.S. Ebani".
1918
14701Private Sixatula Makomasi, 18473, 37th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
24949Private Mills Wheeler Tewkesbury, 2365, Protectorate Garrison Regiment. Shot himself.
1918
25056Lieutenant Frank William Henry Thomas, 47th Squadron (Royal Flying Corps), aged 22. Died of wounds.
1919
11895Private John Pierce Keane, RC/99, 2nd (South African Road Corps (Corps)), aged 38. Died of trachycardia and influenza.
1919
20566Corporal Harold Edwin Potten, 1827, South African Medical Corps (Corps), aged 21. Died of influenza and intestinal obstruction.
1932
35037Constable William Fletcher Jagger, Eastern Cape, aged 49. Died of lobar pneumonia and pleurisy, at Kensington Sanatorium.
1939
30695Air Mechanic Abraham Johannes Herbst, South African Air Force (Corps), aged 24. Died of fractured skull, received in motor accident.
1940
3486Gunner George Spencer Cartwright, 13762, 2 Heavy Bty. (South African Artillery (Corps)), aged 25. Died of rheumatic fever.
1942
1421Able Seaman Stanley Henry Becker, 67474, H.M.S. Carnarvon Castle (South African Navy (Corps)), aged 22. Died of accident, fractured skull, in Churchland, Virginia.
1942
4340Air Sergeant Wilfred Hugh Comyns, 102139, 223 Squadron. Died of ruptured mesentery and delirium tremens.
1942
4737Private Clifford Edgar Crossley, 150167, South African Engineer Corps (Corps). Died on active service.
1942
15176Sergeant Marlin, 629, Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps). Died on active service.
1942
22148Lance Corporal Ziambo Sainet, NRA/12571, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.
1943
108Private Carel Adams, M/16478, Indian and Malay Corps (Corps). Killed in action, in the Middle East.
1943
4596Second Lieutenant Ernest Trevor Cowlin, 207691, South African Air Force (Corps), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, stalled and crashed, towing drogue at too slow a speed, in Northrop Nomad Mk I #1256.
1943
9544Lieutenant Ernest Louise Jacob Hazeldine, 205487, 4 Squadron, aged 20. Killed in action, missing on training flight near Amriya, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #EV136.
1943
10970Private Lazarus Jali, N/53300, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of ruptured appendix.
1943
11680Sapper Ernest Keith Roderick Justus, 193533, 11 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps (Corps)), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1943
14084Lance Corporal Thomas Lynch, 87999, 1st (Witwatersrand Rifles), aged 35. Died of head injury, possibly as a result of an assault, at Military Hospital in Johannesburg.
1943
16770Signaller Cecil Starr Featherstone Mitchell, 317591, South African Corps of Signals (Corps), aged 29. Killed in action.
1943
19993Flight Sergeant Frank Henry Perry, 328265, South African Air Force (Corps), aged 20. Died of malaria and enteric fever.
1943
21495Sapper Sydney Lynton Payne Rielly, 32413, 11 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps (Corps)), aged 22. Killed in action.
1944
13328Lance Corporal Rex Rushworth Lennox, 7650945, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, aged 28. Died on active service.
1944
14461Private Jan Mafora, N/11242, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps), aged 17. Died whilst a POW.
1944
23410Private Sarel Johannes Smit, 295057, Central Army Training Depot, aged 53. Died at Pretoria Military Hospital.
1945
2322Lieutenant Louis Edward Boughey, 329175V, 16 Squadron, aged 24. Died in Aircraft Accident, in Bristol Beaufighter #NV151.
1945
9330Private Gamat Armien Harron, M/13460, Indian and Malay Corps (Corps). Died on active service.
1945
9606Captain Ronald Walter Frederick Heiden, 205959V, 102 Squadron, aged 22. Killed in action, Halifax 111 NA 502 Y.
1945
16839Private Charles Mkize, N/18014, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps), aged 35. Died of acute encephalitis.
1945
18256Private Phillip John Mylie, 227145V, Technical Service Corps (Corps), aged 32. Died on active service.
1945
22009Captain Ruddock, 107137V, South African Armoured Corps (Corps), aged 30. Died on active service.
1945
26615Private Carel Jacobus Stephanus Van Der Merwe, 282978V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, aged 19. Died of wounds, received in action on 3 January 1945 in the vicinity of Casa Colonia, Italy. He received a gun shot wound to his right thigh and abdomen and was evacuated to hospital.
1946
3006Private Frank Bunton, 154257, Q Service Corps (Corps), aged 62. Died after discharge.
1946
19396Warrant Officer Class II Oosthuizen, 607526V, South African Air Force (Corps). Died on active service.
1947
4112Warrant Officer Class I Coetser, 40859V, General Service Corps (Corps), aged 47. Died on active service.
1950
36713Constable Joseph Ncube, 13242, Eastern Cape, aged 27. Murdered by a native suspect.
1963
41586Air Sergeant Edward Leslie Bruigom, AFB Waterkloof (South African Air Force (Corps)), aged 20. Died of injuries, to his skull and bleeding. Injured when he was a passenger in a car that hit a tree, near the Fountains Drive-In Theatre, Pretoria.
1964
36881Sergeant John Rocco Nienaber, 25759, 59 Dist (Pietersburg) Tvl Div, aged 33. Drowned while attempting to rescue a drowning person near Kenton-on-Sea. Recipient of the South African Police Cross for Bravery.
1966
31245Flying Officer Derek Rollo Law, 5200008, RAF Wattisham (Royal Air Force), aged 24. Died in air crash, when the Lightning crashed on approach into Bentwaters. Suffered a double engine/reheat fire, had tried to eject but the canopy failed to release and attempted a forced landing into Bentwaters. Unfortunately he was unable to make the runway and the almost copybook landing into a ploughed field was enough to cause the canopy to detach and the ejection sequence to commence. Regrettably the seat required both height and forward speed to enable to parachute to deploy.
1972
38245Sergeant Jacobus P J Wessels, W43224K, Witwatersrand, aged 24. Killed in action, landmine explosion in Eastern Caprivi, while on Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa.
1978
30495Lance Corporal Gert Jacobus Erasmus Goosen, 66248139PE, 1 Air Depot (11 Ktd), aged 27. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, on way to Groote Schuur Hospital.
1979
38953Sapper Bernard Binga, 650600, 1 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 27. Killed on active service. While loading suspected faulty anti-personnel mines into a truck at the Vic Falls Op Tangent) Rifle Range, some of the mines detonated, killing 7 men.
1979
39268Sapper Methuseli Dube, 661319, 1 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 24. Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) rifle range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail.
1979
39352Lance Corporal Gift Gonye, 650230, 1 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 28. Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) rifle range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail.
1979
39385Staff Sergeant Tobias Gwenjeri, 1 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 20. Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) rifle range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail.
1979
39598Trooper Bradley Wade Little, 728577, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian Light Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action, during a fire force operation, Op Thrasher.
1979
49182Patrol Officer Eerwin B Lombard, 902706. Killed in action, 4 January 1979.
1979
39655Sapper Benson Majuta, 650185, 1 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 23. Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) rifle range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail.
1979
39860Sergeant Leonard James Moriarty, 99260, 2nd (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 29. Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) rifle range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail.
1979
40008Keep Sergeant Stanselous Muzkuzha, Protected Village Protection Group (Guard Force), aged 34. Killed in action.
1979
40133Sapper Lunis Nyathi, 650186, School of Infantry (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps)), aged 42. Died in accidental explosion, at the Victoria Falls (Op Tangent) Rifle Range. While loading crates of anti-personnel mines onto a truck, there was an explosion, killing 7 men of the detail.
1981
49759Rifleman Katinga Dahanga, 76914878PE, 201 Battalion. Died of tuberculosis (suspected), at Sector 20.
1981
33171Lance Corporal Pieter Swanepoel, 78555117BG, Equestrian Centre (South African Infantry Corps (Corps)), aged 19. Killed in action, hit a cheese mine with his bike after transporting a tracker (Kevin O'Neill) to the mounted infantry who had located a "spoor" near Oom willies pad.
1982
29919Flight Sergeant Kenneth George Dalgleish, 71348015PE, 19 Squadron, aged 26. Killed in action, in Aerospatiale SA3330 Puma C #168. Puma crashed 15km North East of Namacunde, when an AK47 round damaged the tail rotor. The resulting fire damage caused the pilot to lose control and the aircraft crashed inverted.
1982
30198Lieutenant Michael John Earp, 71423784PE, 19 Squadron, aged 26. Killed in action, in Aerospatiale SA3330 Puma C #168. Puma crashed 15km North East of Namacunde, when an AK47 round damaged the tail rotor. The resulting fire damage caused the pilot to lose control and the aircraft crashed inverted.
1982
32708Captain John Allen Robinson, 70535448PK, 19 Squadron, aged 27. Killed in action, in Aerospatiale SA3330 Puma C #168. Puma crashed 15km North East of Namacunde, when an AK47 round damaged the tail rotor. The resulting fire damage caused the pilot to lose control and the aircraft crashed inverted.
1983
32715Warrant Officer Class I Leonard Philip Rodney, 1 Military Town Management, aged 47. Died of a heart attack, at Pretoria.
1984
31627Special Sergeant Benfried Markus, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 19. Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet.
1985
35442Major Hugo Amos Lambrechts Loubser, W31406H, Port Elizabeth, aged 51. Died on active service.
1985
33165Private Gregory Grant Swain, 80351729BG, Northern Transvaal Medical Command, aged 20. Died in Shooting Incident, shot through the heart by another member while doing guard duty at Pretoria.
1987
30975Special Sergeant Uatuapeke Kandjii, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 27. Killed in action, Counter-insurgency duty in South West Africa. Member of Koevoet.
1988
31381Lance Corporal Johan Adam Lotriet, 84530575BG, 10 Armoured Car Squadron (Army) (South African Armoured Corps (Corps)), aged 19. Died in Shooting Incident, in Ops 001, accidentally shot.
1991
41816Staff Sergeant Pitso Josias Mosoale, 78122009PB, 21 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 38. Died of acute pancreatitis, at 1 Military Hospital.
1992
41800Rifleman Sipho Richard Nsele, 91718635HG, 121 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 24. Died of bullet wound to the upper leg. He was on duty and accidentally shot himself with his R4 rifle, near the Ntshakele High School, Ingwavuma.
1993
41869Rifleman Aaron Sidivane Mabuza, 86742855HF, 111 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 32. Collapsed and died of natural causes, while on leave at Carolina.
1996
35919Lance Sergeant Mathope, 0491989-1, Gauteng. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1996
37517Constable Kgokong Johannes Serumula, 618463-4, Gauteng, aged 37. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1998
33820Pioneer Andre Johan Weber, 72087299, Cape Town Highlanders, aged 28. Died at 2 Mil Hospital from medical causes.
1999
30549Sergeant Joachim Marthinus Grobler, 68595370PE, South African Air Force (Corps), aged 53. Died in Freak Accident, at Louis Trichardt Air Force Base, killed by grader.
2011
42698Reserve Constable Davies, 7021657-6. Died as a result of their duties.

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Deaths on 05 January by Year