We remember those who died in service on this day:
1902
48271Burgher Salomon Antonie Harmse, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 16.Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1913
41446Squadron Sergeant Major Ernest F Graham Gregory, 5, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 38.Died whilst on leave, at his home in Ireland.
1915
20220Labourer Petrus Phokoyo, 20264, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of dysentery, at Karibib.
1916
1303Corporal William Bates, 5337, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry).Killed in action.
1916
1634Private George Berlin, 1362, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of wounds. On 5 July the 3rd SAI were in support of the front in the old British and German front-line trenches immediately to the north-west of Maricourt. The next day there was great shelling and the South African regiments suffered some twenty casualties.
1916
14038Lance Corporal William Alexander Lundie, 4925, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23.Killed in action. On 5 July the 3rd SAI were in support of the front in the old British and German front-line trenches immediately to the north-west of Maricourt. The next day there was great shelling and the South African regiments suffered some twenty casualties.
1916
15246Lance Corporal Alexander Martin, 3187, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of wounds.
1916
15927Private George McDonald, 5801, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of malaria, at Kondoa.
1916
17315Trooper Kenneth Norman Montague, 1736, 3rd (South African Horse), aged 18.Died of pneumonia.
1916
18091Lance Corporal Richard Barry Murphy, 2144, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22.Killed in action. On 5 July the 3rd SAI were in support of the front in the old British and German front-line trenches immediately to the north-west of Maricourt. The next day there was great shelling and the South African regiments suffered some twenty casualties.
1916
19812Private Samuel Pawley, 4949, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry).Killed in action. On 5 July the 3rd SAI were in support of the front in the old British and German front-line trenches immediately to the north-west of Maricourt. The next day there was great shelling and the South African regiments suffered some twenty casualties.
1916
21200Second Lieutenant Arthur Tamplin Rayner, 44th Bde. (Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)), aged 23.Died of wounds, on the Somme.
1916
23799Second Lieutenant Henry Stanley Soulsby, 9th Bn. attd. 6th Bn. (King's Own Scottish Borderers).Killed in action.
1916
25531Private Howard Trythall, 717, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry).Killed in action.
1916
27569Private Albert Waldek, 1952, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27.Died of wounds.
1917
4716Private Thomas Cropper, NL/219, attd. East Africa Pioneer Corps (South African Native Labour Bureau), aged 50.Died of cerebral malaria.
1917
8211Sergeant Alexander Gilroy, 1363, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25.Died of wounds.
1917
15633Colour Sergeant William Henry Matthews, 12th Infantry (Pretoria Regiment), S.A. Forces, aged 45.Died of apoplexy.
1917
41328Native Constable John Mogosha, 172, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 39.Accidentally shot.
1917
18685Private Kleinbooi Moya, 9532, 19th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps).Died of tuberculosis and peritonitis, at the General Hospital, Cape Town.
1917
17773Labourer Martins Mpabloe, 11234, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau).Died of malaria, at Dar es Salaam.
1917
18536Private William Andries Nel, 14907, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20.Killed in action.
1917
19479Driver John William Osborne, MT/1216, Nyasaland (South African Service Corps).Died of accidental injuries, caused by diving into too shallow water at the Hanga River, near Songea.
1917
25322Labourer MacK Tloakane, 14670, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau).Zeerust.
1917
27049Private David Van Straaten, 14841, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry).Died of wounds.
1918
719Rifleman Harold Ashton, 5432, Medical Section (South African Mounted Rifles).Died of meningitis, at Johannesburg.
1918
5413Second Lieutenant David John James De Villiers, Turnhouse Air Station (Royal Air Force), aged 27.Killed whilst flying.
1918
8118Private John Gibson, 16276, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29.Killed in action.
1918
10027Private William Henry Hockey, 15003, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28.Killed in action.
1918
41354Native Constable Paul Muzionke, 1243, 3rd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 34.Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, in hospital, at Dundee.
1918
20629Corporal Walter Prentice, 5097, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27.Killed in action.
1918
28761Corporal Cecil Arthur Wood, 17057, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21.Killed in action.
1920
8197Staff Sergeant Thomas George Gillham, 6739, South African Pay Corps.Died of Hodgkins Disease.
1920
15099Second Lieutenant Percy Douglas Marcoso, 2nd (South African Rifles), aged 39.Died of influenzal pneumonia and cardiac failure.
1940
10236Private Percival Walter Ravenscroft Hope, 27142, 1st Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 28.Died at Premier Mine, on active service.
1941
17515Sergeant Duncan Morrison, 779002, 10 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 27.Killed in action, Whitley Z6793, target Munster, Germany, shot down by Oberleutnant Helmut Lent (4./NJG1), flying a night-fighter.
1941
18295Private Naidoo, M/15051, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 45.Died on active service.
1941
19803Fireman Vilander Paulson, S.S. Dalia (Merchant Navy), aged 31.Died of malaria, at Addington Hospital.
1942
1112Private Ignatius Petrus Barlow, 241766, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 28.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alemein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed.
1942
2375Bombardier John Robert Bowker, 113569, 5 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 24.Killed in action.
1942
3113Private Graham William Burton, 4530, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 19.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alemein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing.
1942
4470Private John Henry Cope, 38264, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 25.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed. His body was not recovered.
1942
6029Private Hugh Malcolm Drummond, 4236, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 24.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim.
1942
6512Private Max Grenwell Egner, 4394, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 22.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed killed.
1942
7171Private William Thomas Fischer, 14558, Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces.Killed in action.
1942
7203Private Fitz, CTN/90, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 55.Died on active service.
1942
7491Private John Lawrence Fowles, 27026, 1/3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 22.Died on active service.
1942
8975Flight Lieutenant William John Edgar Hagger, 80257, 601 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Killed in action, Spitfire BR232, failed to return from operational flight.
1942
12164Trimmer Entaz Abdul Rahim Khan, S.S. Karagola (Merchant Navy), aged 37.Died of asphyxia following pulmonary tuberculosis, at Dar es Salaam.
1942
12643Second Lieutenant Martinus Jacobus Krugel, 205992, 43 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22.Died in Aircraft Accident, Fury crash, at Harrison Flats.
1942
13167Sergeant John McKay Learmonth, IC/129, Southern Rhodesian Internment Camp Corps, aged 49.Died on active service.
13800Private Victor London, 75099, Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 27.Killed in action.
1942
15657Captain Errol Creagh Maunsell, 65932, Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces, aged 47.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was tasked with leading a raiding party to capture some enemy soldiers but the armoured cars they were using were knocked out.
1942
17125Private Michael Mokoena, N/38344, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 40.Died of injuries, received in assault.
1942
18548Lance Corporal Frederick Marcus Nelsen, 75178, 1st Bn. (Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 25.Killed in action.
1942
20681Able Seaman David Price, 68529, H.M.S. Niger (South African Naval Forces), aged 31.During the return to Britain of convoy QP 13, HMS Niger led a column of merchantmen in bad weather with visibility reduced to one mile. HMS Niger had been unable to take bearings due to the weather but made a sighting of land, which was in fact an iceberg. She had unfortunately led the convoy into a British minefield off Iceland. She was mined at 22.40 hours in position 66 35'N, 23 14'W as were six of the merchants she was escorting, all but one also sank.
1942
21963Sergeant Patrick William Rowe, 144829, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 21.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim.
1942
27252Trooper Venter, 92518, 11th Armoured Car Coy. (South African Tank Corps), aged 37.Died on active service.
1942
27361Private Jacobus Schalk Viljoen, 84686, 1st (Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces), aged 25.Killed in action, during the rearguard action at the El Alamein bottle neck, while covering the retreat of the 8th Army from Bir Hacheim. He was initially posted as Missing, believed Killed.
1943
18927Private Samuel Nombande, N/56846, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of pneumonia.
1943
19162Private Nzube, N/702625, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1943
22463Flight Sergeant Sydney Schragger, 791171, 60 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Died in Aircraft Accident, lost propeller on air-test, control lost, dived into ground miles south of Yelahanka; F/Sgt S. Schragger (Pilot) and F/Sgt W. Brister (Obs) killed. At 0810 hours F Sgt Schragger and his observer F Sgt Brister took off in V6504 on an air test. AT 0820 hours the port air screw flew off and the plane dived in from approximately 1000 feet killing both occupants immediately.
1943
28338Lieutenant Dudley Albert Wilkinson, 102113V, 55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 24.Died of wounds.
1944
982Air Corporal Albert George Ball, 97273V, South African Air Force, aged 33.Died in motor accident.
2753Air Sergeant David Keith Brown, 100073V, South African Air Force, aged 32.Died in motor accident.
1944
4202Trooper Nathan Anthony Cohen, 106148V, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 28.Killed in action, near San Giovanni by a shell besides his armoured car while eating. 3 of the 4 crew were killed, Jerome Thorpe survived.
1944
6514Trooper Anthony Christopher Ehlers, 543987V, 1st Bn. (South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles)), aged 22.Killed in action, near San Giovanni by a shell beside his armoured car while eating. 3 of the 4 crew were killed. Jerome Thorpe survived.
1944
7287Captain Dudley Herbert Flynn, 106006, 6 Field Regt. (South African Artillery), aged 34.Died of wounds.
1944
7310Private Henry J Foord, 545281, Physical Training Battalion, aged 15.Died on active service.
1944
8615Private Lionel Louis Gray, 53980V, South African Air Force Regiment (Natal Mounted Rifles), aged 25.Died of wounds, received during heavy shelling in the vicinity of San Giovanni, Italy.
1944
8963Lieutenant Dacre Lovett Haddon, 110032V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 22.Killed in action, during enemy shelling of the tank harbour positions near Villa a Sesta, Italy.
1944
9526Lance Corporal Cyril Dennis Hayman, 232692V, Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces, aged 24.Killed in action, by mortar fire in the vicinity of Monte Benichi, Italy.
1944
9960Trooper Frederick Emanuel Joseph Hiscock, 172163V, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 34.Killed in action, near San Giovanni by a shell besides his armoured car while eating. 3 of the 4 crew were killed. Jerome Thorpe survived.
1944
38711Captain Sir Lionel Francis Phillips, 107262, Braeside (Royal Artillery), aged 30.Killed in action.
1944
26751Lieutenant Nicola Van Der Westhuizen, 207206V, South African Air Force, aged 29.Killed in aircraft accident, broke up in flight at Norvalspont, in Avro Anson #4312.
1944
28982Air Mechanic James Herbert Yeats, 326409V, South African Air Force, aged 19.Killed in aircraft accident, broke up in flight at Norvalspont, in Avro Anson #4312.
1945
7992Private Nicolaas Geldenhuys, 216274V, 45 Adv. Base Workshop (Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 27.Died on active service.
1945
10649Private Jan Petrus Immelman, 5438, Umvoti Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 33.Died on active service.
1945
13620Private Efraim (Or Ebrahim) Linders, M/12217, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 43.Died on active service.
1945
18787Lance Corporal Jacobus Frederick Nielsen, 595871V, South African Medical Corps, aged 17.Died in road accident.
1946
1170Warrant Officer Class I Frederick Arthur Barnett, 86150V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 58.Died on active service.
1946
16359Captain Melhuish, 251811, South African Corps of Signals, aged 50.Died on active service.
1946
17128Private Ben M Mokoko, N/20788, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34.Died on active service.
1951
29695Warrant Officer Class II Ronald Henry Carpenter, 83065169CK, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 45.Died of coronary thrombosis.
1956
40023Officer Cadet Richard J Nahke, SS119, 4 Sqdn. (Royal Rhodesian Air Force), aged 20.Died in a Military Aircraft Accident, in Provost # RRAF 149, 20 miles SSE of Gwelo.
1959
32840Major Cyril Harris Schumann, P1/11274, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Army), aged 43.Died in South West Africa, while on active service.
1962
41595Detective Sergeant Pieter Hendrik Adriaan Henning, 39304, AFB Waterkloof (South African Police), aged 39.Died of coronary thrombosis and chronic bronchitis, in Pretoria.
1969
36507Carel Petrus Mouton, 147412, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 20.Died on active service.
1976
38780Constable Simon Sibanda, 22078, Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 23.Murdered, by terrorists, at Tuli.
1977
38979Vedette Norman C Brackly, 644660, 1st Battalion (Internal Affairs), aged 19.Killed in action.
1977
29848Rifleman Douw Correia, 86231719BG, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 19.Died on active service.
1977
39742District Security Assistant Garikayi Xavier Masara, 77387944BT, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 22.Died on active service.
1977
40106Senior District Assistant Peter Njenjera, 650458, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 34.Died of wounds, from burns received in a vehicle ambush in the Honde/Cashel area, Op Thrasher.
1978
38541Field Reservist Ramus Kunatsa, A16299, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 27.Killed in action, in the Sipolilo area, Op Hurricane.
1978
38552Field Reservist Ying Wai Lo-Chang, 26458, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 21.Killed in action, in the Mtoroshanga area, Op Hurricane.
1979
38911Sapper William Nigel Barnett, 122107, 3 Sqdn. (Rhodesian Corps of Engineers), aged 19.Killed in action, in a vehicle ambush.
1979
29392Corporal Etienne Louis Bell, 74426362BG, 1 Parachute Battalion, aged 21.Killed in action, during Operation Safraan. Delta Company received instruction to attack an enemy target in Zambia. The target was attacked and some of the enemy force managed to get away and formed splinter groups. During the night our company retreated in a typical "U" formation on our own tracks, with the purpose of forming a “TB†(Temporary Base) for the night. At that time one of the enemy splinter groups was conducting its own reconnaissance, and had surprised our forces. The enemy fired at us and one bullet hit Etienne in the head. The wound to Etienne's head was fatal.
1979
38390Constable Claudio Chari, 23375, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 26.Killed in action.
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