On This Day

On This Day — 6 April

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900

47258Burgher Johannes Frederik Botha, Boer Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, Mafeking.

1900

48454Burgher Abraham Johannes Christiaan Lombard, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 27. Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

1900

47727Burgher Jeremias Jacobus C Ludick, Marico Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Rooigrond by Mafeking.

1900

48504Burgher Hendrik Johannes Snyman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 24. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

1901

47043Burgher Hendrik Stefanus Coetzee, Vryheid (Boer Forces), aged 53. Killed in action, Pongolorivier.

1901

44076Burgher J. Van Zwier, Netherlands Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Pongola.

1901

43830Burgher Wessels, Harrismith Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Soutershoek, Harrismith.

1901

43791Burgher Zwier, Vryheid (Boer Forces), aged 36. Killed in action, Pongolarivier.

1902

48135Burgher Rudolf Johannes Opperman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 45. Died of glomerulonephritis while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

1915

812Driver Fred Butler Ayliff, 505, 1st Bde. (Australian Field Artillery), aged 29. Accidental death, railway accident at Alexandria.

1915

17367Sergeant Archibald Robert Moore, 9516, 2nd Bn. (East Lancashire Regiment), aged 26. Died of wounds.

1916

9193Private George Hardy, 1419, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Died of dysentery.

1916

15221Captain Evelyn Saffery Marshall, 9th Bn. (Royal Warwickshire Regiment), aged 29. Died of wounds.

1916

16016Private William McGuire, 2081, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 44. Died of pneumonia.

1916

20263Labourer Klaas Pierce, 2987, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Taveta.

1917

1340Staff Sergeant Walter Baxter, 434, South African Medical Corps. Died of ulcerated bowels, at Roberts Heights.

1917

2069Ox Driver Bless Booi, 15502, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Mohoro.

1917

2993Driver Charles Joseph Bundy, SAR/539, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service, aged 43. Died of broncho pneumonia.

1917

6240Gunner James Duffy, 709, 73rd Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 39. Killed in action.

1917

6887Private Philip Falalana, 4709, 3rd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 30. Died of pneumonia, at the Camp Hospital, Blargies.

1917

7521Driver Harry France, 18385, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

8310Lieutenant William Ernest Gold, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of pneumonia and blackwater fever.

1917

14566Labourer Philip Mahutsani, 7784, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at sea.

1917

15105Donkey Leader William Marcus, 15738, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

1917

15439Jan Masubasube, 11803, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

1917

15645Driver Ben Matuma, 442, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at sea, on H.M.T. "Gascon", returning to South Africa.

1917

16251Private James Binnie McPherson, 3325, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Died of tubercule lung.

1917

16931Ox Leader MacK Mocwakgakela, 16446, South African Native Labour Bureau. East Africa.

1917

18044Staff Nurse Annie Winifred Munro, South African Military Nursing Service, aged 26. Died of phthisis.

1917

19272Private Cecil Officer, 2607, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 4th April.

1917

23339Labourer Harry Sloan, 17160, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

1917

25494Private Christian Trompetter, 2264, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

1917

27988Flight Lieutenant Louis Marcus Basil Weil, 1st Sqdn. (Royal Naval Air Service), aged 18. Killed in action, shot down near Malahow.

1917

28370Private David Willey, 4095, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

1918

2268Sergeant Petrus Johannes Botha, DD/46, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces), aged 57. Died of heart disease and dropsy, while at home on leave.

1918

4806Private Allen Corder Cunningham, 7740, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

1918

14557Private Kleinbooi Mahoale, 24957, 42nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.

1918

14974Bombardier John Lemale Manning, 88424, 155th Heavy Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 38. Died of accidental injuries.

1919

11337Sapper Donald Johnston, V/289, Miscellaneous Trades Coy., aged 43. Died of tuberculosis.

1919

18059Mechanician Richard Munro, MT/4311, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of tuberculosis and aneurysm.

1919

19912Private George Edward Peggs, 1917, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, back and cerebral spinal meningitis.

1920

16577Lance Corporal Lewis Michael, HT/3712, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of tuberculosis and paratyphoid, at Tempe.

1923

31314Corporal (Farrier) Martin Lesar, 2093, T & R (South African Service Corps), aged 21. Died from medical problems at Roberts Heights Hospital. Tuberculosis.

1941

2592Warrant Officer Class II Phillip Henry Brett Brigden, 224529, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died on active service.

1941

15740Corporal Sihope Mbala, N/5836, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Drowned, in Zambezi River.

1941

20948Engineer Lieut Commander Herbert Lindsay Rae, H.M.S. Afrikander IV (Royal Navy), aged 52. Died of illness.

1941

23112Private Luniso Silongo, N/5815, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Drowned, in Zambezi River.

1941

23123Private MacHinga Simataa, N/5852, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Drowned, in Zambezi River.

1942

12932Private Edward Langeman, M/14449, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died on active service.

1942

14334Apprentice Donald Thomas Rossiter MacLean, S.S. Autolycus (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 20. Sunk by naval gunfire from IJN heavy cruisers (CA) Suzuya and Kumano (of Sentai 7 â€“ 1st Section) and destroyer (DD) Shirakumo.

1942

19610Able Seaman Walter Alan Palmer, 68344, H.M.S. Cornwall (South African Naval Forces), aged 18. Killed in action. CORNWALL and her sister ship Dorsetshire were detached from the Fleet when they were sighted by Japanese aircraft. A little later they were overwhelmed by approximately 50 dive-bombers whose accurate attack sank both ships quickly; 190 of Cornwall's crew of 650 were lost.

1942

20174Private Phillips, C/165911, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died after discharge.

1942

27447Private Visser, 65632, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 48. Died on active service.

1943

1364Gunner Michael Eric Beachy-Head, 1095847, 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt. (Royal Artillery), aged 19. Died on active service.

1943

10758Private George Jack, M/17078, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died on active service.

1943

24827Lance Corporal Geoffrey Reginald Taylor, 5571194, 2nd Bn. (Royal Welch Fusiliers), aged 24. Died on active service.

1943

38039Sergeant Martin Jacobus Van Jaarsveldt, 0434109-1, Primrose CID (South African Police), aged 38. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1944

587Labourer Anze, 5436, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.

1944

2814Captain Peter Austen Leadley Brown, EC/1498, Assam Regiment, aged 32. Died on active service.

1944

4572Warrant Officer Peter Phillip Cowan, 1169031, 38 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25. Killed in action, Wellington XIII MP796, shot down over German occupied Greece in Aegean Sea.

1944

15975Lieutenant Clement Aldwyn Neville McGarr, 95691, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26. Executed by the Nazis for his role in the Great Escape. One of the 50.

1944

18744Private Nicholls, 146519, 10th Bn. (Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces). Died on active service.

1944

23106Sapper Theodore Bruce Silburn, 278682, 10 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 27. Died on active service.

1944

23705Sergeant Arthur Edward Soar, 107520V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 59. Died on active service.

1945

7721Corporal Robert Cubitt Frost, 230008V, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died during Victory "celebrations". He apparently died while celebrating with SSB mates on a balcony of a building when he lost his balance and tumbled backwards over the railing, falling to his death. The Regiment was based at Villa Dettori at the time.

1945

15683Sergeant William Alexandria Maxwell, 710331, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 19. Died in aircraft accident, in Spitfire Mk 1X after having engine failure on take off which caused the aircraft to spin into the ground.

1945

16824Private William Mkantshwa, N/37441, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of broncho pneumonia.

1946

4124Sergeant Daniel Jacobus Coetzee, 323152V, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces. Died of natural causes.

1946

5015Leading Air Mechanic Alfred John Darvall, 192521, South African Air Force, aged 34. Died of hepatitis.

1946

5132Lance Bombardier Gerald Cyril Davis, 323036, South African Artillery, aged 33. Died of kidney failure and uraemia.

1946

8380Private Goodman, C/304110, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died after discharge.

1946

28692Corporal William Archibald Winn, 242697VE, 6th SA Armd. Division (South African Corps of Signals), aged 22. Killed in Cairo.

1957

374812nd Class Sergeant Hosea Matsobane Sekhobe, 126092, Limpopo Province (South African Police), aged 21. Stabbed by a native.

1976

38958Rifleman Robert Andrew Black, PR765773, 2nd Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 23. Killed in action, in an ambush, gun shot wound to neck.

1977

38916Rifleman Ronald Alexander Barton, PR40314, 4th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 47. Killed in action at Melsetter during Op Thrasher.

1977

38448Field Reservist Douglas McFadean Dodd, 23726, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 31. Killed in action, ambush, Op Hurricane.

1977

30693Rifleman Simon Henrique, 76928167SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 29. Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces, in Southern Angola.

1978

38437Field Reservist Douglas Llewellyn Courtney, 21653K, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 38. Died, while on duty, in the Mtoko area, Op Hurricane.

1978

36043Lieutenant Jeremiah James McElhone, W51053T, 36 Dist (Wakkerstroom) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 42. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1978

37410Detective Sergeant August Adriaan Schaup, W49952P, 12 Dist (Grahamstown) CE Div (South African Police), aged 27. Died on active service.

1979

39550Sergeant Gerald Kildunne, 727740, 1 Maintenance Unit (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 32. Killed in action.

1979

40010Trooper Kingston Muzondo, 648179, Protected Village Protection Group (Selous Scouts), aged 34. Died on active service.

1979

40425Private Obert Tapson, 650515, 10th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 47. Killed in action.

1979

40525Private Joramu Vazhure, 649052, 2 Maintenance Unit (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 19. Killed in action.

1981

33694Rifleman Petrus Jacobus Venter, 73269086BG, 1st SWA Specialist Unit (South West African Territory Force), aged 23. Died of wounds, received during a follow up while awaiting CASEVAC.

1982

31231Rifleman Hymie Landsman, 78447562BG, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Eastern Kavango.

1985

35030Reserve Constable Gregory Persavil Jacobson, W228681K, Brakpan Police Unit (South African Police), aged 20. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1987

29600Private Russel Joseph Brissett, 80532278BT, 1 Medical Battalion Group (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Mamelodi, while busy with Ops XENON. Buffel Troop Carrier overturned near the railway station; he was not buckled in, was flung out, and a radio that broke loose crushed his chest.

1991

41786Corporal Motwale George Monareng, 86727914HS, 115 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 26. Committed suicide, near Shoshanguve Cemetery, bullet wound to the head. He had apparently shot and killed his wife.

1992

34490Assistant Constable Jan Paulus Dladla, 0918493-7, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 46. Municipal Police.

1995

36239Constable Fano Bethuel Moabelo, 0453563-4, Trichardt (South African Police), aged 31. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1995

36240Reserve Constable Fano Bethuel Moabelo, 2007492-1, Trichardt (South African Police), aged 31. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

1996

35282Jacques Johan Kruger, W405861K, 22 Dist (Burghersdorp) CE Div (South African Police), aged 23. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1998

38094Sergeant D M Gert Van Wyk, 441699-6, Heidelburg (South African Police), aged 24. Died on active service.

2000

36406Sergeant Seosenyeng Joseph Monyatso, 169495-2, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 38. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

2003

40011Private Christopher Muzvuru, 25130600, Irish Guards, aged 20. Killed in action, by sniper fire, along with fellow Irish Guardsman Ian Malone, while serving in Iraq in 2003.

2003

48595Lieutenant Colonel R W Timmerman, Special Forces HQ (South African Infantry Corps), aged 65. Died of a heart attack, while on duty.

2004

48858Rifleman Joseph Samsonyone Bauque, SANDF Peacekeeping Mission (DRC) (SANDF). Died while serving with the SANDF on a peacekeeping/peace-support deployment in DRC. Individual circumstances (combat, accident, illness) not given in the source and not invented here.

2004

48861Sergeant Mashape Frans Maake, SANDF Peacekeeping Mission (DRC) (SANDF). Died while serving with the SANDF on a peacekeeping/peace-support deployment in DRC. Individual circumstances (combat, accident, illness) not given in the source and not invented here.

2004

48863Rifleman Mammetja H Marakalala, SANDF Peacekeeping Mission (DRC) (SANDF). Died while serving with the SANDF on a peacekeeping/peace-support deployment in DRC. Individual circumstances (combat, accident, illness) not given in the source and not invented here.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 6 April

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1900 47258 — Burgher Johannes Frederik Botha, Boer Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, Mafeking.

- 1900 48454 — Burgher Abraham Johannes Christiaan Lombard, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 27. Died of enteritis while a prisoner of war, Groenpunt.

- 1900 47727 — Burgher Jeremias Jacobus C Ludick, Marico Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Rooigrond by Mafeking.

- 1900 48504 — Burgher Hendrik Johannes Snyman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 24. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.

- 1901 47043 — Burgher Hendrik Stefanus Coetzee, Vryheid (Boer Forces), aged 53. Killed in action, Pongolorivier.

- 1901 44076 — Burgher J. Van Zwier, Netherlands Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Pongola.

- 1901 43830 — Burgher Wessels, Harrismith Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Soutershoek, Harrismith.

- 1901 43791 — Burgher Zwier, Vryheid (Boer Forces), aged 36. Killed in action, Pongolarivier.

- 1902 48135 — Burgher Rudolf Johannes Opperman, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 45. Died of glomerulonephritis while a prisoner of war, Bermuda.

- 1915 812 — Driver Fred Butler Ayliff, 505, 1st Bde. (Australian Field Artillery), aged 29. Accidental death, railway accident at Alexandria.

- 1915 17367 — Sergeant Archibald Robert Moore, 9516, 2nd Bn. (East Lancashire Regiment), aged 26. Died of wounds.

- 1916 9193 — Private George Hardy, 1419, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Died of dysentery.

- 1916 15221 — Captain Evelyn Saffery Marshall, 9th Bn. (Royal Warwickshire Regiment), aged 29. Died of wounds.

- 1916 16016 — Private William McGuire, 2081, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 44. Died of pneumonia.

- 1916 20263 — Labourer Klaas Pierce, 2987, attd. South African Railway Operating Company (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria, at Taveta.

- 1917 1340 — Staff Sergeant Walter Baxter, 434, South African Medical Corps. Died of ulcerated bowels, at Roberts Heights.

- 1917 2069 — Ox Driver Bless Booi, 15502, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Mohoro.

- 1917 2993 — Driver Charles Joseph Bundy, SAR/539, South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service, aged 43. Died of broncho pneumonia.

- 1917 6240 — Gunner James Duffy, 709, 73rd Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 39. Killed in action.

- 1917 6887 — Private Philip Falalana, 4709, 3rd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 30. Died of pneumonia, at the Camp Hospital, Blargies.

- 1917 7521 — Driver Harry France, 18385, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 8310 — Lieutenant William Ernest Gold, 10th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Died of pneumonia and blackwater fever.

- 1917 14566 — Labourer Philip Mahutsani, 7784, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at sea.

- 1917 15105 — Donkey Leader William Marcus, 15738, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

- 1917 15439 — Jan Masubasube, 11803, South African Native Labour Bureau. Kilwa.

- 1917 15645 — Driver Ben Matuma, 442, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at sea, on H.M.T. "Gascon", returning to South Africa.

- 1917 16251 — Private James Binnie McPherson, 3325, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Died of tubercule lung.

- 1917 16931 — Ox Leader MacK Mocwakgakela, 16446, South African Native Labour Bureau. East Africa.

- 1917 18044 — Staff Nurse Annie Winifred Munro, South African Military Nursing Service, aged 26. Died of phthisis.

- 1917 19272 — Private Cecil Officer, 2607, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, received 4th April.

- 1917 23339 — Labourer Harry Sloan, 17160, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died at sea, on board H.M.T. Aragon, returning to South Africa.

- 1917 25494 — Private Christian Trompetter, 2264, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of malaria, at Morogoro.

- 1917 27988 — Flight Lieutenant Louis Marcus Basil Weil, 1st Sqdn. (Royal Naval Air Service), aged 18. Killed in action, shot down near Malahow.

- 1917 28370 — Private David Willey, 4095, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.

- 1918 2268 — Sergeant Petrus Johannes Botha, DD/46, Base Depot Coy. (Durban) (General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces), aged 57. Died of heart disease and dropsy, while at home on leave.

- 1918 4806 — Private Allen Corder Cunningham, 7740, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Missing, Death Presumed.

- 1918 14557 — Private Kleinbooi Mahoale, 24957, 42nd Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.

- 1918 14974 — Bombardier John Lemale Manning, 88424, 155th Heavy Bty. (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 38. Died of accidental injuries.

- 1919 11337 — Sapper Donald Johnston, V/289, Miscellaneous Trades Coy., aged 43. Died of tuberculosis.

- 1919 18059 — Mechanician Richard Munro, MT/4311, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of tuberculosis and aneurysm.

- 1919 19912 — Private George Edward Peggs, 1917, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, back and cerebral spinal meningitis.

- 1920 16577 — Lance Corporal Lewis Michael, HT/3712, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of tuberculosis and paratyphoid, at Tempe.

- 1923 31314 — Corporal (Farrier) Martin Lesar, 2093, T & R (South African Service Corps), aged 21. Died from medical problems at Roberts Heights Hospital. Tuberculosis.

- 1941 2592 — Warrant Officer Class II Phillip Henry Brett Brigden, 224529, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died on active service.

- 1941 15740 — Corporal Sihope Mbala, N/5836, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Drowned, in Zambezi River.

- 1941 20948 — Engineer Lieut Commander Herbert Lindsay Rae, H.M.S. Afrikander IV (Royal Navy), aged 52. Died of illness.

- 1941 23112 — Private Luniso Silongo, N/5815, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Drowned, in Zambezi River.

- 1941 23123 — Private MacHinga Simataa, N/5852, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Drowned, in Zambezi River.

- 1942 12932 — Private Edward Langeman, M/14449, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died on active service.

- 1942 14334 — Apprentice Donald Thomas Rossiter MacLean, S.S. Autolycus (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 20. Sunk by naval gunfire from IJN heavy cruisers (CA) Suzuya and Kumano (of Sentai 7 â€“ 1st Section) and destroyer (DD) Shirakumo.

- 1942 19610 — Able Seaman Walter Alan Palmer, 68344, H.M.S. Cornwall (South African Naval Forces), aged 18. Killed in action. CORNWALL and her sister ship Dorsetshire were detached from the Fleet when they were sighted by Japanese aircraft. A little later they were overwhelmed by approximately 50 dive-bombers whose accurate attack sank both ships quickly; 190 of Cornwall's crew of 650 were lost.

- 1942 20174 — Private Phillips, C/165911, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Died after discharge.

- 1942 27447 — Private Visser, 65632, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 48. Died on active service.

- 1943 1364 — Gunner Michael Eric Beachy-Head, 1095847, 102 (The Northumberland Hussars) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt. (Royal Artillery), aged 19. Died on active service.

- 1943 10758 — Private George Jack, M/17078, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died on active service.

- 1943 24827 — Lance Corporal Geoffrey Reginald Taylor, 5571194, 2nd Bn. (Royal Welch Fusiliers), aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1943 38039 — Sergeant Martin Jacobus Van Jaarsveldt, 0434109-1, Primrose CID (South African Police), aged 38. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1944 587 — Labourer Anze, 5436, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps. Died on active service.

- 1944 2814 — Captain Peter Austen Leadley Brown, EC/1498, Assam Regiment, aged 32. Died on active service.

- 1944 4572 — Warrant Officer Peter Phillip Cowan, 1169031, 38 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25. Killed in action, Wellington XIII MP796, shot down over German occupied Greece in Aegean Sea.

- 1944 15975 — Lieutenant Clement Aldwyn Neville McGarr, 95691, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26. Executed by the Nazis for his role in the Great Escape. One of the 50.

- 1944 18744 — Private Nicholls, 146519, 10th Bn. (Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces). Died on active service.

- 1944 23106 — Sapper Theodore Bruce Silburn, 278682, 10 Field Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 27. Died on active service.

- 1944 23705 — Sergeant Arthur Edward Soar, 107520V, South African Engineer Corps, aged 59. Died on active service.

- 1945 7721 — Corporal Robert Cubitt Frost, 230008V, Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died during Victory "celebrations". He apparently died while celebrating with SSB mates on a balcony of a building when he lost his balance and tumbled backwards over the railing, falling to his death. The Regiment was based at Villa Dettori at the time.

- 1945 15683 — Sergeant William Alexandria Maxwell, 710331, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 19. Died in aircraft accident, in Spitfire Mk 1X after having engine failure on take off which caused the aircraft to spin into the ground.

- 1945 16824 — Private William Mkantshwa, N/37441, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of broncho pneumonia.

- 1946 4124 — Sergeant Daniel Jacobus Coetzee, 323152V, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces. Died of natural causes.

- 1946 5015 — Leading Air Mechanic Alfred John Darvall, 192521, South African Air Force, aged 34. Died of hepatitis.

- 1946 5132 — Lance Bombardier Gerald Cyril Davis, 323036, South African Artillery, aged 33. Died of kidney failure and uraemia.

- 1946 8380 — Private Goodman, C/304110, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died after discharge.

- 1946 28692 — Corporal William Archibald Winn, 242697VE, 6th SA Armd. Division (South African Corps of Signals), aged 22. Killed in Cairo.

- 1957 37481 — 2nd Class Sergeant Hosea Matsobane Sekhobe, 126092, Limpopo Province (South African Police), aged 21. Stabbed by a native.

- 1976 38958 — Rifleman Robert Andrew Black, PR765773, 2nd Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 23. Killed in action, in an ambush, gun shot wound to neck.

- 1977 38916 — Rifleman Ronald Alexander Barton, PR40314, 4th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 47. Killed in action at Melsetter during Op Thrasher.

- 1977 38448 — Field Reservist Douglas McFadean Dodd, 23726, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 31. Killed in action, ambush, Op Hurricane.

- 1977 30693 — Rifleman Simon Henrique, 76928167SP, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 29. Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces, in Southern Angola.

- 1978 38437 — Field Reservist Douglas Llewellyn Courtney, 21653K, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 38. Died, while on duty, in the Mtoko area, Op Hurricane.

- 1978 36043 — Lieutenant Jeremiah James McElhone, W51053T, 36 Dist (Wakkerstroom) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 42. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1978 37410 — Detective Sergeant August Adriaan Schaup, W49952P, 12 Dist (Grahamstown) CE Div (South African Police), aged 27. Died on active service.

- 1979 39550 — Sergeant Gerald Kildunne, 727740, 1 Maintenance Unit (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 32. Killed in action.

- 1979 40010 — Trooper Kingston Muzondo, 648179, Protected Village Protection Group (Selous Scouts), aged 34. Died on active service.

- 1979 40425 — Private Obert Tapson, 650515, 10th Battalion (Rhodesia Regiment), aged 47. Killed in action.

- 1979 40525 — Private Joramu Vazhure, 649052, 2 Maintenance Unit (Rhodesian Army Service Corps), aged 19. Killed in action.

- 1981 33694 — Rifleman Petrus Jacobus Venter, 73269086BG, 1st SWA Specialist Unit (South West African Territory Force), aged 23. Died of wounds, received during a follow up while awaiting CASEVAC.

- 1982 31231 — Rifleman Hymie Landsman, 78447562BG, 8 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, in Eastern Kavango.

- 1985 35030 — Reserve Constable Gregory Persavil Jacobson, W228681K, Brakpan Police Unit (South African Police), aged 20. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1987 29600 — Private Russel Joseph Brissett, 80532278BT, 1 Medical Battalion Group (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, at Mamelodi, while busy with Ops XENON. Buffel Troop Carrier overturned near the railway station; he was not buckled in, was flung out, and a radio that broke loose crushed his chest.

- 1991 41786 — Corporal Motwale George Monareng, 86727914HS, 115 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 26. Committed suicide, near Shoshanguve Cemetery, bullet wound to the head.  He had apparently shot and killed his wife.

- 1992 34490 — Assistant Constable Jan Paulus Dladla, 0918493-7, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 46. Municipal Police.

- 1995 36239 — Constable Fano Bethuel Moabelo, 0453563-4, Trichardt (South African Police), aged 31. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1995 36240 — Reserve Constable Fano Bethuel Moabelo, 2007492-1, Trichardt (South African Police), aged 31. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 1996 35282 — Jacques Johan Kruger, W405861K, 22 Dist (Burghersdorp) CE Div (South African Police), aged 23. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1998 38094 — Sergeant D M Gert Van Wyk, 441699-6, Heidelburg (South African Police), aged 24. Died on active service.

- 2000 36406 — Sergeant Seosenyeng Joseph Monyatso, 169495-2, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 38. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.

- 2003 40011 — Private Christopher Muzvuru, 25130600, Irish Guards, aged 20. Killed in action, by sniper fire, along with fellow Irish Guardsman Ian Malone, while serving in Iraq in 2003.

- 2003 48595 — Lieutenant Colonel R W Timmerman, Special Forces HQ (South African Infantry Corps), aged 65. Died of a heart attack, while on duty.

- 2004 48858 — Rifleman Joseph Samsonyone Bauque, SANDF Peacekeeping Mission (DRC) (SANDF). Died while serving with the SANDF on a peacekeeping/peace-support deployment in DRC. Individual circumstances (combat, accident, illness) not given in the source and not invented here.

- 2004 48861 — Sergeant Mashape Frans Maake, SANDF Peacekeeping Mission (DRC) (SANDF). Died while serving with the SANDF on a peacekeeping/peace-support deployment in DRC. Individual circumstances (combat, accident, illness) not given in the source and not invented here.

- 2004 48863 — Rifleman Mammetja H Marakalala, SANDF Peacekeeping Mission (DRC) (SANDF). Died while serving with the SANDF on a peacekeeping/peace-support deployment in DRC. Individual circumstances (combat, accident, illness) not given in the source and not invented here.

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