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ON THIS DAY

07 June

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 7 June

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
47285Burgher Cornelis Jacobus Botha, Boer Forces, aged 31. Killed in action, Schoemansrus, Pretoria.
1900
48573Burgher Johannes Petrus Britz, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 43. Died of pneumonia while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.
1900
48525Burgher Marthinus Joachim Vorster, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 48. Died of typhoid while a prisoner of war, Simon's Town.
1901
45892Burgher Jan Christoffel Kruger, Van Reenen Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Ruigtevlei, Steynsburg.
1901
45109Burgher Jacobus Johannes Reynecke, Bethlehem Cmdt Prinsloo Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, Lindley.
1901
45114Burgher Jacobus Johannes Reynecke, Bethlehem Cmdt Prinsloo Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24. Killed in action, Lindley.
1901
44269Burgher Frederick T. (Freek) Van Onselen, Bethlehem/ Cmdt Davel Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Graspan, Reitz.
1902
48225Burgher Mat (Matts Nelson) Nielsen, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 27. Died of tuberculous meningitis while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1915
13000Lance Corporal Edwin George Laughton, 2086, 23rd Bn. (London Regiment). Died of wounds.
1916
2344Lieutenant John Tom Bowden, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Died of wounds.
1916
7924Private John Gaul, 4565, 7th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died at sea, being invalided, on H.M.T. Ebani.
1916
16164Native Driver John McLeod, 389, 2nd Bty. (South African Field Artillery), aged 28. Died of malaria and jaundice, at Kondoa-Irangi.
1916
18756Private Frederick Nicholson, 57, 2nd (South African Rifles). Died of wounds. Captured by the enemy he was tied up to a gun wheel, beaten by a native and then shot seven times. He died two days later.
1916
21726Captain Frank Edward Mervyn Roe, 12th Bn. (Rifle Brigade), aged 40. Died of wounds, received 6th June, by a shell while in command of his company.
1916
23925Private Essex Percival Montgomery St. Austin, 499, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1916
27908Private Wazia, 603, Northern Rhodesia Police. Killed in action, on the Kalambo River. The enemy damaged the bridge and sniped from the far bank before setting off for Bismarckburg. 603 Private Wazia NRP was killed before the enemy broke contact.
1916
28904Company Sergeant Major William Wright, 6533, 8th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action.
1917
333Second Lieutenant George Crosbie Alger, 39th Training Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps). Died in Aircraft Accident, Maurice Farman Shorthorn A2480, Montrose, spun and nose dived, Montrose.
1917
7084Second Lieutenant William Small Ferris, 12th Bn. (Royal Irish Rifles), aged 29. Killed in action.
1917
9741Private George Jelf Hepworth, 2333, 38th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 23. Killed in action, at Messines Ridge.
1917
11208Private Michael Joffe, 530535, 15th Bn. (London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)), aged 20. Killed in action.
1917
12127Labourer John Kgankane (Ngankane), 17821, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Kilwa.
1917
13015Rifleman John Laverton, 599, 2nd (South African Rifles), aged 31. Died of blackwater fever.
1917
14901Labourer Timothy Mandhla, 14881, Railway Section (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of pneumonia, at Morogoro.
1917
15695Private Jan May, 2916, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 21. Died of dysentery, at sea, of H. S. Ebani.
1917
14497Private Jappie Mokgokge, 1129, 5th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at No. 1 SA Native General Hospital, Arques.
1917
23073Labourer Jameson Sighotia Or Sikhotia, 13224, South African Native Labour Bureau. Dar Es Salaam.
1917
22180Second Lieutenant Henry Albert Salter, 7th Bn. (London Regiment). Killed in action.
1917
27845Second Lieutenant Frederick William Watson, 12/1020, No. 3 Coy. (New Zealand Machine Gun Corps), aged 26. Killed in action.
1918
2677Major John Edouard Marsden Bromley, 41st Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 36. Killed in action.
1918
18582Private Jack Neshifefe, 15220, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs, at sea.
1918
22658Private Sam Sekheti, 16604, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of nephritis, at sea.
1941
3977Captain Ioan Prichard Cleaton-Jones, 78383, 3rd Bn. (Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces), aged 33. Died of gangrenous bowel, following appendectomy.
1941
7904Trooper Frederick John Gascoigne, 135442, 4th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 27. Missing, Death Presumed.
1941
10928Warrant Officer Class II Frederick George Jacobson, 13141, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 51. Died on active service.
1941
27025Private William Adrian Van Schoor, 108062, South African Reserve Mechanical Transport. Died on active service.
1942
1296Private Arthur Alfred Bates, 2052, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 33. Killed in action.
1942
1646Lieutenant Leonard James Peter Berrange, 103884, 2 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 22. Killed in action, damaged by Bf109 on bomber escort, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #AK628.
1942
1673Private Reginald Rennie Bertram, 190180, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces). Killed in action.
1942
2435Private Vernon Charles Boyley, 93030, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Missing, Death Presumed.
1942
2819Private Ronald Coventry Brown, 1302, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Missing in action, during fighting in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
3376Lieutenant Denis Henry Benedict Carlisle, 66498, H.M.S. Daedalus (South African Naval Forces), aged 26. Died in Aircraft Accident.
1942
3788Private John Locke Chowles, 8729, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Missing in action, after an attack by own forces in the vicinity of El Gazala, Libya.
1942
4071Private Harold Ernest Cobb, 14852, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya.
1942
4429Private Stanley Murton Coombe, 28147, 1st (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, at Gazala, Libya.
1942
4684Captain Wilfred Gordon Crockett, 2253, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Killed in action.
1942
4839Private Thomas Currie Currie-Wood, 5079, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Killed in action.
1942
5332Private John Stone De Chatillon De Kock, 14936, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya.
1942
5949Private Eric Irvine Dove, 1083, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
6444Corporal Peter Craddick Edmonds, 1306, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Missing in action, during an attack on enemy forces in the vicinity of El Gazala, Libya.
1942
7201Private Tylden Alan Fitchett, 73169, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
7257Corporal Arnold Jack Fletcher, 1194, 1st (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
7666Private Francis Charles Phillip Henry Freshwater, 6780, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 43. Killed in action.
1942
8440Private John Duff Gordon-Cumming, 1367, 1st Bn. (Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces), aged 28. Killed in action, near Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
9778Corporal Dudley Baldwin Heslop, 2276, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Killed in action.
1942
10285Private William Leonard George Horne, 17859, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Killed in action, during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya.
1942
10647Private Gysbertus Christiaan Immelman, 19067, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Killed in action, during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya.
1942
11854Private Kurt Manfred Katzenstein, 243377, Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time.
1942
11876Private John D Kaye, 127726, 1st (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 32. Killed in action.
1942
12088Private Kenneth Archibald Ker-Wilson, 5118, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 21. Killed in action.
1942
12174Private Stefaans Kholoane, N/11380, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Killed in action, in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
12316Private James Kirkbride, 6807, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 32. Missing, Death Presumed.
1942
13069Private Charles Lawson, 6136, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Missing in action, during an attack in the vicinity of Tobruk/El Gazala.
1942
13406Private William Less, 19659, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Died of wounds, whilst a POW. Captured during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya, on the 7 June he received a bullet wound to the abdomen and died the same day.
1942
13827Lance Corporal Charles Ormond Loos, 1862, Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces, aged 39. Missing, Death Presumed.
1942
15122Private Louw J Maree, 62334, Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces. Killed in action.
1942
15362Private Dial Masher, N/28204, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of injuries, received in motor accident.
1942
15888Lieutenant Douglas Noel McCrann, 28011, 1st Bn. 1st (Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Died of wounds.
1942
16601Lance Corporal Cyril Leslie Thomas Midgley, 1963, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 30. Killed in action.
1942
16605Corporal Rowland Richard Midgley, 2717, South African Engineer Corps, aged 24. Died of wounds.
1942
16734Lance Corporal Ivor George Milward, 19224, Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Died of wounds, received during an attack on enemy positions in the vicinity of Carmuset-er-Regem, Libya. Captured by the enemy he died the same day in the Italian Field Hospital from a pelvic wound.
1942
18032Private Jim Munjedzi, N/28611, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died of wounds.
1942
18500Private Daniel Andries Nel, 243388, 1st Bn. (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 30. Killed in action, in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time.
1942
19692Sergeant Trevor Gregson Parry, 6718, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 23. Killed in action.
1942
21318Private Renaud, 93028, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Killed in action.
1942
22325Lance Corporal Colin Campbell Sawyer, 31308, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Killed in action, in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time.
1942
23172Private Ian Stanley Simpson, 6543, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Killed in action.
1942
23582Private Norman Watson Smith, 6544, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 33. Killed in action.
1942
23862Private Douglas Spencer, 6545, 1st Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces), aged 26. Killed in action.
1942
24218Corporal Peter Jacobus De Wet Steyn, 26622, 1st (Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Died of wounds, received in a Composite Coy attack on positions to the front which began at 0400. However, heavy enemy fire and mounting casualties resulted in the Coy being withdrawn under a smoke screen supplied by the Artillery. The Regiment was holding positions at Gazala, at the time.
1942
28460Private James Williams, C/289051, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Died on active service.
1943
2438Captain George Massey Braans, 152092, South African Internment Corps, aged 42. Died of cerebral haemorrhage.
1943
3136Sergeant James Edward Buswell, 146711, South African Coast Defence Corps, aged 34. Died on active service.
1943
6376Chief Officer John Eadington, S.S. Harrier (Merchant Navy), aged 31. Torpedoed by U-181 in 29S 34E on voyage Durban for Mombasa, crew of 16 lost.
1943
14226Pilot Officer Stuart Anthony MacDuff, 160005, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 24. Died on active service.
1944
5685Lieutenant Andrew Dickson, 299273, East Yorkshire Regiment, aged 24. Died on active service.
1944
8125Trooper Robert Gibson, 10285V, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 21. Killed in action, at Civita Castellana, Italy, when his tank was knocked out in enemy territory. He was initially reported missing.
1944
8181Trooper Paddy Gill, 91990V, Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces, aged 24. Killed in action, at Civita Castellana, Italy, when his tank was knocked out in enemy territory. He was initially reported missing.
1944
9293Trooper Reginald Roberts Kekewich French Harris, 122968V, 6th Res. Regt. (South African Armoured Corps), aged 43. Died on active service.
1944
11369Lieutenant Robert Hindle Johnstone, 35407V, Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Died in motor accident, when his vehicle overturned, battle accident. He was on a recce from Rignano to the Sant Oreste/Monte Soratte area, Italy.
1944
12523Private Richard Gert Kok, C/168310V, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 36. Died on active service.
1944
14505Private Charlie Magoadi, N/2223, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 39. Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1944
18885Corporal Chitola Nkumbula, NRA/10768, 5th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.
1944
19375Sergeant David Bonaparte De Villiers Olwage, 20510V, Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces, aged 36. Killed in action, in the advance through Civita Castellane by machine gun and flak gunfire.
1944
24973Private Thebeng, N/53426, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces. Died after discharge.
1944
27921Trooper Graham Cecil Webb, 180488V, Prince Alfred's Guard, S.A.Forces, aged 21. Died of wounds, shrapnel wounds to his left kidney, received when a troop of Honey tanks were bombarded by 75mm German artillery in the vicinity of Torrita.
1944
29043Private Isaac Yzeroni, NRA/20228, 4th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment). Died on active service.
1945
1568Steward Bertram Charles Benjamin, D/LX 25591, H.M.S. Afrikander (Royal Navy), aged 36. Died in Motor Accident, collision between Naval and Military truck.
1945
5812Lance Corporal Terence Ivan Dixon, 5480, 41 Harbour Construction Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 26. Died in road accident.
1945
6439Sergeant Ernest Richard Penvil Edmeades, 315441V, attd. South African Air Force (South African Medical Corps). Drowned.

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