On This Day

On This Day — 7 December

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1914

2450Gunner Arthur William Bradley, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 46. Committed suicide.

1914

4801Corporal Joseph Francis Cummings, 866, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 33. Died of phthisis, at Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg.

1914

8639Private Daniel Magiel Greeff, 270, Fraserburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Died of enteric fever.

1914

26859Burgher Jacob Cornelis Van Jaarsveld, Opperman's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 27. Killed in action.

1914

26983Field Cornet Ignatius Van Rooyen, Christiana Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Died of fever.

1915

2257Conductor Matthew Botha, M/8656, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps), aged 30. Died of pneumonia, at Kimberley.

1915

5187Corporal John Dawson, 9861, 10th Bn. (Hampshire Regiment). Killed in action.

1915

21421Second Lieutenant Hubert Henry Lyster Richards, 5th Bn. (Connaught Rangers), aged 23. Killed in action.

1916

1035Ox Driver Gagilanga Banjwa, 14257, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mombasa.

1916

9562Private Robert Alexander Heard, D/278, South African Pioneers, aged 42. Died of dysentery.

1916

9622Driver Makabelane Henama, 13633, South African Native Labour Bureau. Dodoma.

1916

13426Donkey Driver MacK Lethora, 12102, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died on convoy, at Turiani, East Africa.

1916

13551Lance Corporal Andries Petrus Liebenberg, 5494, 2nd (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 24. Died of meningitis.

1916

24136Private Reuben Edward Stevens, 2652, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.

1916

27086Driver Carl Van Wijk, 426, South African Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia.

1916

29036Private Gordon Pirie Youngson, 7075, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action.

1917

494Private Thomas Henry Anderson, 14486, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 16. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

2137Private Edward Elers Borchert, 9453, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

2398Private Ernest Henry Boyce, 14, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.

1917

3100Private Henry Herbert Burrows, 15131, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

3299Corporal David Campbell, 4209, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.

1917

3633Private Thomas Barnabas Chapman, 31, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps). Died of wounds.

1917

4096Private Mark Philip Cockcroft, 1188, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Died of wounds.

1917

4170Private William Abraham Coetzee, 11162, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.

1917

4509Private Arthur David Cornhill, 40, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps). Killed in action.

1917

6888Second Lieutenant Jack Randell Falck, 54th Training Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 19. Killed whilst flying.

1917

6936Private John Joseph Farrell, 15585, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Killed in action.

1917

17409Private Harry Herbert Morcom, 11107, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

17494Private Donald Morris, 13808, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

19570Private James Harold Page, 245, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Killed in action.

1917

19642Private Frederick Walter Parfitt, 165, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 21. Killed in action.

1917

19716Private Arthur Pascoe, 14947, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

21875Private Gordon Redvers Ross, 13342, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

1917

23456Gunner Christoffel Johannes Smith, X/566, 71st Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 19. Died of wounds, while the battery was in Gouzeaucourt sector.

1917

27274Private Reginald Raymond Verity, X/227, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 20. Killed in action.

1917

27693Lieutenant Herbert Parlby Walton, 2nd Bn. (Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds.

1918

2620Air Mechanic 3rd Class Charles W H Briscoe, 21732, 54th Wing (Royal Air Force). Died of influenza.

1918

2723Private Neha Brophy, 2394, South African Medical Corps, aged 24. Died of influenza.

1918

12740Driver Jan Dietlof Kunneke, MT/3705, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 33. Died of influenza.

1918

16714Captain Arthur James Milne, South African Medical Corps, aged 32. Died of cardiac failure and influenza.

1918

16791Private Robert Mitchell, RC/67, 2nd (South African Road Corps). Died of influenza.

1918

17845Private Msunyana, M/1330, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.

1918

18137Major Atholl Murray-MacGregor, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 34. Died of influenza, at 24 Casualty Clearing Station, Italy.

1918

18990Sergeant John Howard Norton, 12227, Native Carrier Transport (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces). Died of asthma and tuberculosis.

1918

25391Lieutenant Albert Alfred Topham, General List, aged 39. Died of Spanish Influenza.

1918

26736Driver Hermanus Petrus Van Der Westhuizen, MT/4794, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

1918

27050Driver Johannes Cornelius Van Straaten, MT/6128, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of influenza.

1919

41418Native Constable Henry Busakwe, 239, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 43. Drowned, at Umtata.

1919

14260Sapper John Thomas MacK, V/193, Miscellaneous Trades Coy.. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

1940

16772Sapper Douglas H Mitchell, 21902, South African Engineer Corps, aged 23. Died on active service.

1940

21919Private Napoleon Rothman, 198091, 2nd (South African Police), aged 26. Accidentally killed, on Pretoria Road.

1940

24189Sapper Robert Bruce Stewart, 191108, South African Engineer Corps, aged 36. Died of injuries.

1941

676Captain Sidney George Armstrong, 189082, 2nd Bn. (The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)), aged 35. Died on active service.

1941

1235Air Mechanic Sidney Eric Bartle, 313297, South African Air Force. Died in motor vehicle accident, 30 miles south of Mpike, while stationed at Kasama Air Station.

1941

2478Air Sergeant Cuthbert Brand, 94629, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 4 crew (2 RAF - 1 made POW), in Douglas Boston Mk III.

1941

10131Lieutenant William Nicholson Hollenbach, 47602, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 4 crew (2 RAF - 1 made POW), in Douglas Boston Mk III.

1941

10852Gunner Jacobs, C/304977, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1941

12862Sergeant Peter Dennis Lambert, 778556, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire I R6969.

1941

20601Sergeant Power, 176182, South African Medical Corps, aged 25. Died on active service.

1941

21168Pupil Pilot William Robertson Rattray, 206014, South African Air Force, aged 19. Drowned, at Vereeniging.

1941

21207Private George C. Rea, 79074, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died on active service.

1941

22355Private Scheepers, C/301184, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 37. Died on active service.

1941

28190Flight Lieutenant Brian Dowley White, 80052, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22. Killed in action.

1941

28563Second Lieutenant Charles Bryant Willson, 103485, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 12 miles SW of El Adem, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #Z5338.

1942

2714Lieutenant Leslie Eric Brooks, 102506, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in aircraft accident, 4 crew (1 RAF) crashed, in Maryland #1641.

1942

5866Flight Sergeant Alexander McPherson Donald, 98673V, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, 4 crew (1 RAF) crashed, in Maryland #1641.

1942

6990Cleaner George Ezegbour Felix, M.V. Henry Stanley (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 27. At 23.59 hours on 6 Dec, 1942, the Henry Stanley (Master Richard Jones), dispersed from convoy ON-149, was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-103 about 580 miles northwest of the Azores. The survivors abandoned ship and were questioned by the Germans, who took the master as prisoner on board. He was landed at Lorient on 29 December and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. At 01.40 hours, the ship was hit aft of the bridge by a coup de grÃ¢ce and disintegrated in a big explosion. The lifeboats were never seen again: 44 crew members, eight gunners and 11 passengers were lost.

1942

7000Corporal Eric E Fellows, 190771, South African Engineer Corps, aged 25. Died on active service.

1942

8202Cadet Anthony Robert Gillitt, S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands) (Merchant Navy), aged 17. Died on active service.

1942

8617Flight Sergeant Patrick Meyer Gray, 98768, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Died in Aircraft Accident, 4 crew (1 RAF) crashed, in Maryland #1641.

1942

16483Able Seaman John Alfred Meyer, M.V. Henry Stanley (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 32. At 23.59 hours on 6 Dec, 1942, the Henry Stanley (Master Richard Jones), dispersed from convoy ON-149, was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-103 about 580 miles northwest of the Azores. The survivors abandoned ship and were questioned by the Germans, who took the master as prisoner on board. He was landed at Lorient on 29 December and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. At 01.40 hours, the ship was hit aft of the bridge by a coup de grÃ¢ce and disintegrated in a big explosion. The lifeboats were never seen again: 44 crew members, eight gunners and 11 passengers were lost.

1942

22339Sapper Richard Thomas Ross Scanlen, 191399, 41 Harbour Construction Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 20. Died in a collision between a truck and a train.

1942

25431Private Trail, 106804, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1942

26434Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Regiment. Died on active service.

1942

26987Corporal Van Rooyen, 190809, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 21. Died on active service.

1942

28516Stoker 1st Class Stanley Williams, D/KX 84135, H.M.S. "Cleopatra" (Royal Navy), aged 29. Died on active service.

1943

3331Captain John Campbell-Young, 240835V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 54. Died of coronary thrombosis.

1943

4149Air Mechanic Jan Johannes Hendrik Coetzee, 282788V, South African Air Force, aged 17. Died of traumatic amputation of left femur, head in jury and lacerated scalp.

1943

5346Sergeant Ambrose De La Croix, 235978V, Central Army Training Depot, S.A.Forces, aged 57. Died of myocardial degeneration, at Johannesburg Military Hospital.

1943

5737Captain Lawrence Patrick Dillon, 103085V, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, swung on take off hit B-17 El Aouina, in De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #LR474.

1943

16433Private William Messalisa, C/166153V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

1943

19308Private Cornelius Olifant, N/8337, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Shot by German guard, whilst a POW.

1943

22659Private Elias A Sekhothe, N/62230, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died of lymphosarcoma.

1943

23998Lieutenant Albert Franklin Staples, 206129V, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, hit cement block during forced landing Trigno, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF448.

1944

4133Captain Geert Coetzee, 250903V, South African Armoured Corps, aged 34. Died whilst a POW.

1944

17213Private Joel Moliko, N/7625, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received in rail accident.

1944

21311Private Petrus Jacobus Reineke, M/16029V, 6th Bn. (Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces). Died of coronary occlusion.

1945

11451Private John Jacobus Jones, C/168926V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died of injuries, received in accident.

1946

5773Private Disten, C/318127, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

1946

12899Warrant Officer Class II George Anthony Landro, 558618V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died on active service.

1947

26618Corporal Van Der Merwe, 591953V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died on active service.

1951

31415Warrant Officer Class I Owen Love, 438, 1 Sqdn. (Southern Rhodesian Auxillary Air Force), aged 24. Died in Military Aircraft Accident, in Spitfire Mk 22 #PK 344 at Beauvais, France near Pard.

1961

41594Student Constable David Peter Louw, 39304, AFB Waterkloof (South African Police), aged 19. Committed suicide, bullet wound to the head. Found in the veld near the Police College, Pretoria.

1964

41627Charles Johannes Marais, 88344049, 8 SAI Bn (South African Army), aged 38. Died of acute coronary occlusion, at Pretoria.

1964

32548Field Cornet Izak Cornelius Potgieter, PX/47750, 42 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, near Coligny, in Cessna 185A #728. He was busy with a tactical exercise as part of "Exercise Musslebreak" and patrolling the Ventersdorp-Coligney Rd in a westerly direction. One mile past Bodenstein, he gained height and then crashed.

1974

39477Private John John, 645313, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 21. Died of wounds, gunshot wound, at Karoi, Op Hurricane.

1974

39519Lance Corporal Geography Kangayi, 644157, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 29. Killed in action, gunshot wound near Karoi, Op Hurricane.

1975

32526Rifleman Alan Mark Pimstein, 89031595BV, 7 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died from head injuries following an assault by other army members that he was transporting.

1975

33795Sergeant Frederick Gerhardus Wannenburg, 67437996PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (1 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 24. Died of wounds, received during Operation Quipico, a forerunner to the battle at Bridge 14, he was part of a 10 man Recce team, landed by helicopter. They advanced in single file with Botes leading, Wannenberg second in the line, followed by Capt Venter. As they neared a road, Capt Venter moved forward and told Wannenberg to stop, who, in turn, told Botes. At that moment they were caught in heavy fire (ambush) and Wannenberg was hit several times and Capt Venter was wounded in the hand. They were unable to raise Cela by radio and so walked back to a river nearby. Only the following morning were they able to summon a chopper but Wannenberg had already died of his wounds.

1976

29333Sergeant Jan Gerrit Bantjies, 65616658PE, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 28. Died in freak accident, while attempting to make a 20mm shell safe and it exploded, at Bloemfontein.

We will remember them.

On This Day — 7 December

We remember those who died in service on this day:

- 1914 2450 — Gunner Arthur William Bradley, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 46. Committed suicide.

- 1914 4801 — Corporal Joseph Francis Cummings, 866, 2nd Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 33. Died of phthisis, at Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg.

- 1914 8639 — Private Daniel Magiel Greeff, 270, Fraserburg Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Died of enteric fever.

- 1914 26859 — Burgher Jacob Cornelis Van Jaarsveld, Opperman's Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 27. Killed in action.

- 1914 26983 — Field Cornet Ignatius Van Rooyen, Christiana Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces). Died of fever.

- 1915 2257 — Conductor Matthew Botha, M/8656, Transport and Remounts (South African Service Corps), aged 30. Died of pneumonia, at Kimberley.

- 1915 5187 — Corporal John Dawson, 9861, 10th Bn. (Hampshire Regiment). Killed in action.

- 1915 21421 — Second Lieutenant Hubert Henry Lyster Richards, 5th Bn. (Connaught Rangers), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1916 1035 — Ox Driver Gagilanga Banjwa, 14257, South African Native Labour Bureau. Mombasa.

- 1916 9562 — Private Robert Alexander Heard, D/278, South African Pioneers, aged 42. Died of dysentery.

- 1916 9622 — Driver Makabelane Henama, 13633, South African Native Labour Bureau. Dodoma.

- 1916 13426 — Donkey Driver MacK Lethora, 12102, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died on convoy, at Turiani, East Africa.

- 1916 13551 — Lance Corporal Andries Petrus Liebenberg, 5494, 2nd (South African Mounted Brigade Scouts), aged 24. Died of meningitis.

- 1916 24136 — Private Reuben Edward Stevens, 2652, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.

- 1916 27086 — Driver Carl Van Wijk, 426, South African Field Artillery. Died of pneumonia.

- 1916 29036 — Private Gordon Pirie Youngson, 7075, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action.

- 1917 494 — Private Thomas Henry Anderson, 14486, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 16. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 2137 — Private Edward Elers Borchert, 9453, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 2398 — Private Ernest Henry Boyce, 14, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.

- 1917 3100 — Private Henry Herbert Burrows, 15131, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 3299 — Corporal David Campbell, 4209, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.

- 1917 3633 — Private Thomas Barnabas Chapman, 31, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps). Died of wounds.

- 1917 4096 — Private Mark Philip Cockcroft, 1188, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Died of wounds.

- 1917 4170 — Private William Abraham Coetzee, 11162, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.

- 1917 4509 — Private Arthur David Cornhill, 40, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps). Killed in action.

- 1917 6888 — Second Lieutenant Jack Randell Falck, 54th Training Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 19. Killed whilst flying.

- 1917 6936 — Private John Joseph Farrell, 15585, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1917 17409 — Private Harry Herbert Morcom, 11107, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 17494 — Private Donald Morris, 13808, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 19570 — Private James Harold Page, 245, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 23. Killed in action.

- 1917 19642 — Private Frederick Walter Parfitt, 165, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 21. Killed in action.

- 1917 19716 — Private Arthur Pascoe, 14947, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 21875 — Private Gordon Redvers Ross, 13342, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action. On 3rd December 1917, the 2nd and 4th Regiments moved into the front lines on the east slope of Quentin Ridge extending from Gauche Wood, on the right to a point near the head of Flag Ravine. The 1st Regiment were in support and the 3rd Regiment in reserve. Heavy shelling took place during December on this area.

- 1917 23456 — Gunner Christoffel Johannes Smith, X/566, 71st Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 19. Died of wounds, while the battery was in Gouzeaucourt sector.

- 1917 27274 — Private Reginald Raymond Verity, X/227, 1st Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 20. Killed in action.

- 1917 27693 — Lieutenant Herbert Parlby Walton, 2nd Bn. (Yorkshire Regiment). Died of wounds.

- 1918 2620 — Air Mechanic 3rd Class Charles W H Briscoe, 21732, 54th Wing (Royal Air Force). Died of influenza.

- 1918 2723 — Private Neha Brophy, 2394, South African Medical Corps, aged 24. Died of influenza.

- 1918 12740 — Driver Jan Dietlof Kunneke, MT/3705, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 33. Died of influenza.

- 1918 16714 — Captain Arthur James Milne, South African Medical Corps, aged 32. Died of cardiac failure and influenza.

- 1918 16791 — Private Robert Mitchell, RC/67, 2nd (South African Road Corps). Died of influenza.

- 1918 17845 — Private Msunyana, M/1330, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.

- 1918 18137 — Major Atholl Murray-MacGregor, South African Heavy Artillery, aged 34. Died of influenza, at 24 Casualty Clearing Station, Italy.

- 1918 18990 — Sergeant John Howard Norton, 12227, Native Carrier Transport (Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces). Died of asthma and tuberculosis.

- 1918 25391 — Lieutenant Albert Alfred Topham, General List, aged 39. Died of Spanish Influenza.

- 1918 26736 — Driver Hermanus Petrus Van Der Westhuizen, MT/4794, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia and influenza.

- 1918 27050 — Driver Johannes Cornelius Van Straaten, MT/6128, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of influenza.

- 1919 41418 — Native Constable Henry Busakwe, 239, 1st Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 43. Drowned, at Umtata.

- 1919 14260 — Sapper John Thomas MacK, V/193, Miscellaneous Trades Coy.. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

- 1940 16772 — Sapper Douglas H Mitchell, 21902, South African Engineer Corps, aged 23. Died on active service.

- 1940 21919 — Private Napoleon Rothman, 198091, 2nd (South African Police), aged 26. Accidentally killed, on Pretoria Road.

- 1940 24189 — Sapper Robert Bruce Stewart, 191108, South African Engineer Corps, aged 36. Died of injuries.

- 1941 676 — Captain Sidney George Armstrong, 189082, 2nd Bn. (The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)), aged 35. Died on active service.

- 1941 1235 — Air Mechanic Sidney Eric Bartle, 313297, South African Air Force. Died in motor vehicle accident, 30 miles south of Mpike, while stationed at Kasama Air Station.

- 1941 2478 — Air Sergeant Cuthbert Brand, 94629, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 4 crew (2 RAF - 1 made POW), in Douglas Boston Mk III.

- 1941 10131 — Lieutenant William Nicholson Hollenbach, 47602, 24 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in action, 4 crew (2 RAF - 1 made POW), in Douglas Boston Mk III.

- 1941 10852 — Gunner Jacobs, C/304977, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1941 12862 — Sergeant Peter Dennis Lambert, 778556, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 20. Died in Aircraft Accident, Spitfire I R6969.

- 1941 20601 — Sergeant Power, 176182, South African Medical Corps, aged 25. Died on active service.

- 1941 21168 — Pupil Pilot William Robertson Rattray, 206014, South African Air Force, aged 19. Drowned, at Vereeniging.

- 1941 21207 — Private George C. Rea, 79074, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Died on active service.

- 1941 22355 — Private Scheepers, C/301184, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 37. Died on active service.

- 1941 28190 — Flight Lieutenant Brian Dowley White, 80052, 237 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22. Killed in action.

- 1941 28563 — Second Lieutenant Charles Bryant Willson, 103485, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in action, shot down by Bf109 12 miles SW of El Adem, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #Z5338.

- 1942 2714 — Lieutenant Leslie Eric Brooks, 102506, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force). Killed in aircraft accident, 4 crew (1 RAF) crashed, in Maryland #1641.

- 1942 5866 — Flight Sergeant Alexander McPherson Donald, 98673V, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Killed in aircraft accident, 4 crew (1 RAF) crashed, in Maryland #1641.

- 1942 6990 — Cleaner George Ezegbour Felix, M.V. Henry Stanley (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 27. At 23.59 hours on 6 Dec, 1942, the Henry Stanley (Master Richard Jones), dispersed from convoy ON-149, was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-103 about 580 miles northwest of the Azores. The survivors abandoned ship and were questioned by the Germans, who took the master as prisoner on board. He was landed at Lorient on 29 December and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. At 01.40 hours, the ship was hit aft of the bridge by a coup de grÃ¢ce and disintegrated in a big explosion. The lifeboats were never seen again: 44 crew members, eight gunners and 11 passengers were lost.

- 1942 7000 — Corporal Eric E Fellows, 190771, South African Engineer Corps, aged 25. Died on active service.

- 1942 8202 — Cadet Anthony Robert Gillitt, S.S. Serooskerk (Netherlands) (Merchant Navy), aged 17. Died on active service.

- 1942 8617 — Flight Sergeant Patrick Meyer Gray, 98768, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 19. Died in Aircraft Accident, 4 crew (1 RAF) crashed, in Maryland #1641.

- 1942 16483 — Able Seaman John Alfred Meyer, M.V. Henry Stanley (Liverpool) (Merchant Navy), aged 32. At 23.59 hours on 6 Dec, 1942, the Henry Stanley (Master Richard Jones), dispersed from convoy ON-149, was hit in the foreship by one torpedo from U-103 about 580 miles northwest of the Azores. The survivors abandoned ship and were questioned by the Germans, who took the master as prisoner on board. He was landed at Lorient on 29 December and taken to the POW camp Milag Nord. At 01.40 hours, the ship was hit aft of the bridge by a coup de grÃ¢ce and disintegrated in a big explosion. The lifeboats were never seen again: 44 crew members, eight gunners and 11 passengers were lost.

- 1942 22339 — Sapper Richard Thomas Ross Scanlen, 191399, 41 Harbour Construction Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 20. Died in a collision between a truck and a train.

- 1942 25431 — Private Trail, 106804, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1942 26434 — Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier, South African Regiment. Died on active service.

- 1942 26987 — Corporal Van Rooyen, 190809, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 21. Died on active service.

- 1942 28516 — Stoker 1st Class Stanley Williams, D/KX 84135, H.M.S. "Cleopatra" (Royal Navy), aged 29. Died on active service.

- 1943 3331 — Captain John Campbell-Young, 240835V, General Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 54. Died of coronary thrombosis.

- 1943 4149 — Air Mechanic Jan Johannes Hendrik Coetzee, 282788V, South African Air Force, aged 17. Died of traumatic amputation of left femur, head in jury and lacerated scalp.

- 1943 5346 — Sergeant Ambrose De La Croix, 235978V, Central Army Training Depot, S.A.Forces, aged 57. Died of myocardial degeneration, at Johannesburg Military Hospital.

- 1943 5737 — Captain Lawrence Patrick Dillon, 103085V, 60 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, swung on take off hit B-17 El Aouina, in De Havilland DH98 Mosquito #LR474.

- 1943 16433 — Private William Messalisa, C/166153V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.

- 1943 19308 — Private Cornelius Olifant, N/8337, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Shot by German guard, whilst a POW.

- 1943 22659 — Private Elias A Sekhothe, N/62230, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Died of lymphosarcoma.

- 1943 23998 — Lieutenant Albert Franklin Staples, 206129V, 1 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21. Killed in action, hit cement block during forced landing Trigno, in Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII #JF448.

- 1944 4133 — Captain Geert Coetzee, 250903V, South African Armoured Corps, aged 34. Died whilst a POW.

- 1944 17213 — Private Joel Moliko, N/7625, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received in rail accident.

- 1944 21311 — Private Petrus Jacobus Reineke, M/16029V, 6th Bn. (Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces). Died of coronary occlusion.

- 1945 11451 — Private John Jacobus Jones, C/168926V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died of injuries, received in accident.

- 1946 5773 — Private Disten, C/318127, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.

- 1946 12899 — Warrant Officer Class II George Anthony Landro, 558618V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Died on active service.

- 1947 26618 — Corporal Van Der Merwe, 591953V, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died on active service.

- 1951 31415 — Warrant Officer Class I Owen Love, 438, 1 Sqdn. (Southern Rhodesian Auxillary Air Force), aged 24. Died in Military Aircraft Accident, in Spitfire Mk 22 #PK 344 at Beauvais, France near Pard.

- 1961 41594 — Student Constable David Peter Louw, 39304, AFB Waterkloof (South African Police), aged 19. Committed suicide, bullet wound to the head. Found in the veld near the Police College, Pretoria.

- 1964 41627 — Charles Johannes Marais, 88344049, 8 SAI Bn (South African Army), aged 38. Died of acute coronary occlusion, at Pretoria.

- 1964 32548 — Field Cornet Izak Cornelius Potgieter, PX/47750, 42 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Died in Aircraft Accident, near Coligny, in Cessna 185A #728. He was busy with a tactical exercise as part of "Exercise Musslebreak" and patrolling the Ventersdorp-Coligney Rd in a westerly direction. One mile past Bodenstein, he gained height and then crashed.

- 1974 39477 — Private John John, 645313, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 21. Died of wounds, gunshot wound, at Karoi, Op Hurricane.

- 1974 39519 — Lance Corporal Geography Kangayi, 644157, 1st Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 29. Killed in action, gunshot wound near Karoi, Op Hurricane.

- 1975 32526 — Rifleman Alan Mark Pimstein, 89031595BV, 7 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 18. Died from head injuries following an assault by other army members that he was transporting.

- 1975 33795 — Sergeant Frederick Gerhardus Wannenburg, 67437996PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (1 Reconnaissance Regiment), aged 24. Died of wounds, received during Operation Quipico, a forerunner to the battle at Bridge 14, he was part of a 10 man Recce team, landed by helicopter. They advanced in single file with Botes leading,  Wannenberg second in the line, followed by Capt Venter. As they neared a road, Capt Venter moved forward and told Wannenberg to stop, who, in turn, told Botes. At that moment they were caught in heavy fire (ambush) and Wannenberg was hit several times and Capt Venter was wounded in the hand. They were unable to raise Cela by radio and so walked back to a river nearby. Only the following morning were they able to summon a chopper but Wannenberg had already died of his wounds.

- 1976 29333 — Sergeant Jan Gerrit Bantjies, 65616658PE, 1 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 28. Died in freak accident, while attempting to make a 20mm shell safe and it exploded, at Bloemfontein.

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