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ON THIS DAY

07 August

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 7 August

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
49280Captain Lucas, Natal Carbineers. Died of disease.
1901
46783Burgher Jan H. De Villiers, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Commando). Killed in action, Fort Mpisaan, Pisanfort.
1901
46264Burgher Dawid P.j. Harmse, Boer Forces (Rustenburg Commando), aged 68. Killed in action, Johannesburg.
1901
46252Burgher Dirk Hattingh, Boer Forces (Zoutpansberg Commando). Killed in action, Johannesburg.
1901
46201Burgher Jacobus Johannes Hoffmann, Boer Forces (Bethlehem Cmdt Antonie Michiel Prinsloo Commando), aged 18. Killed in action, Mynhartsfontein. Bethlehem.
1901
46034Burgher Marthinus Jacobus Joubert, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Cmdt. Moll Commando), aged 48. Killed in action, Fort Mpisaan, Pisanfort.
1901
45708Burgher Egbert Ernst Groesbeek Meintjies, Boer Forces (Pretoria, Commandant Moll Commando). Killed in action, Fort Mpisaan.
1901
45577Burgher Piet (D/Sn) Muller, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Commando), aged 21. Killed in action, Fort Pienaar Lydenburg.
1901
45578Burgher Pieter Ernst Muller, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Cmdt Moll Commando), aged 20. Killed in action, Fort Mpisaan,Pisansfort.
1901
45580Burgher Pieter Ernst Muller, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Cmdt Moll Commando), aged 20. Killed in action, Fort Mpisane,Pisansfort.
1901
45507Burgher Jacobus H Nel, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Commando). Killed in action, Fort Mpisane.
1901
44535Burgher Gerrit D. Van Den Heever, Boer Forces (Lydenburg Cmdt Moll Commando), aged 25. Killed in action, Fort Mpisaan;Pisansfort.
1915
1785Private Henry Biddlecombe, 9647, 11th Bn. (Manchester Regiment). Killed in action.
1915
1943Private Bernard Blend, 1459, 3rd Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 21. Killed in action.
1915
6745Private Frederick (Ferdinand) William Erskine, 2279, 6th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.). Killed in action.
1915
7168Captain John Bosman Fischer, 10th Bn. (North Staffordshire Regiment). Missing, Death Presumed.
1915
12172Labourer Hans Khobethi, 11542, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)), aged 40. Died of acute pneumonia and heart failire.
1915
15023Labourer Jack Mapganya Or Mapyanya, 30623, Railways and Harbours (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died of acute pneumonia and heart failire.
1915
40642Second Lieutenant Rowland Raw, 9th Bn. (Lancashire Fusiliers), aged 31. Killed in action, covering the landing of troops at Suvla Bay.
1915
22317Captain Roger De La Garde Savery, 10th Bn. (South Staffordshire Regiment). Killed in action, ordered to assault and occupy the Turkish trenches up to and including line F.13-G.13.a-G.13-G.12.a.
1915
27582Private Charles Alexander Theodore Walker, 1332, 13th Bn. (Australian Infantry, A.I.F.), aged 20. Killed in action.
1915
27936Lieutenant Edward Lynden Webber, 6th Bn. (Lincolnshire Regiment), aged 31. Killed in action.
1916
21407Lieutenant Cyril Sherston Rich, 164th Bde. (Royal Field Artillery), aged 22. Killed in action.
1917
6308Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, Royal Naval Air Service, aged 25. Died in air crash, during a landing on the ship HMS Furious.
1917
7506Sergeant Thomas Henry Fox, 16348, 91st Bde. (Royal Field Artillery). Died of wounds.
1917
7742Private Albert Edward Fuller, 15440, 4th South African Infantry, aged 22. Died of malaria.
1917
13164Lieutenant George Leal, 9th Squadron (Royal Flying Corps). Killed in action.
1917
13532Private Percy Leyland, X/438, South African Medical Corps (Corps). Died of phthisis.
1917
16842Private Johannes Matsubane, 7443, 13th Bn. (South African Native Labour Corps (Corps)). Died of phthisis, at Cape Town.
1917
16408Lieutenant Mervyn Louis Emerson Mercer, South African Intelligence Corps (Corps), aged 26. Died of wounds.
1917
18719Leader Peter Ngwenya, 3319, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of meningitis, at No. 3 Hospital Durban.
1917
28429Lieutenant Guy Williams, 3rd/2nd King's African Rifles (General List). Died of wounds, received 3rd August.
1918
4040Second Lieutenant Mowbray Nourse Cloete, 188th Night Training Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 18. Died in Aircraft Accident, Camel F2017, 186 NTS, Throwley, broke up in flight, Kent.
1918
9456Staff Sergeant Philip Walter Abraham Haupt, 101, Gen's. Base Staff (Durban). (General and Base Depots), aged 37. Died of carcinoma of the bladder.
1918
24760Private Joe Tasi, 15631, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
28104Private Benjamin West, 10262, 4th South African Infantry, aged 24. Died of wounds.
1940
5475Corporal Pieter Jacobus De Wit, 41521, South African Instructional Corps (Corps), aged 19. Died of broncho pneumonia.
1940
12462Second Lieutenant George James Simpson Knowles, 60694, 3rd Bn. (Field Force Brigade), aged 34. Died of septicemia, from perforated ulcer at the Military Hospital, Voortrekkerhoogte.
1940
26490Private Johannes Petrus Steyn Van Aardt, 358, Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps), aged 55. Accidentally killed, struck by railway train, from Middelburg to Witbank.
1941
33973Constable Hermann Richard Adank, 10365, Grahamstown, aged 45. Died as a result of serious injuries sustained in a collision between the police van and a goods train.
1941
13790Private Lombard, 1575, Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps). Died on active service.
1941
19210Constable Edward O'Byrne, 3682, British South African Police, aged 24. Died on active service.
1942
5231Sergeant Johannes Jacobus De Beer, 35494, 1st (South African Irish), aged 23. Died of abscess right iliac chamber, at Camp 52, whilst a POW.
1942
6275Lieutenant Alan Matheson Duncan, 28205, 5 Squadron, aged 20. Killed in action, shot down by flak, dived into ground, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AN221.
1942
9375Private Fred Edward Hartzenberg, 33669, 1st (Rand Light Infantry). Died on active service.
1942
9565Private Syaide Hearne, C/167531, Cape Corps, aged 29. Died of wounds, accidentally shot in the abdomen. Attached to 108 Res M.T. Coy.
1942
12801Major Dennis Vernon Dohp Lacey, P/203185, 5 Squadron, aged 22. Killed in action, damaged by flak, shot down by Bf109s on return flight, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AK445.
1942
17614Private Ernest Mosotho, N/11280, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, at sea.
1942
23365Corporal Joseph Edward Smart, 82240, Regiment President Steyn, aged 40. Killed in action.
1943
17982Private Johannes Muller, 238032, 3rd (Natal Scottish), aged 51. Died on active service.
1943
21164Private Johannes Ratsuma, N/8301V, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps), aged 35. Died of fractured skull and pneumonia.
1943
23203Chief Officer John Cyril Sinclair, S.S. Contractor (London), aged 44. Whilst operating with Convoy GTX-5. Torpedoed and sunk by U-371. En route Glasgow & Gibraltar for Bombay, Trincomali & Calcutta.
1943
26459Private Abraham Johannes Uys, 115272, Q Service Corps (Corps), aged 55. Died of adeno carcinoma of gall bladder.
1943
28693Squadron Leader Richard George Winnicott, 42664, 248 Squadron (Royal Air Force), aged 25. Killed in action, Beaufighter X JM347, failed to return to base.
1944
450Lieutenant Charles Denys Anderson, 542266V, 31 Squadron, aged 27. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnamager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1944
5312Private Jacob F De Klerk, 154277, Q Service Corps (Corps), aged 18. Died on active service.
1944
7392Private Fortuin, C/166229, Cape Corps, aged 40. Died after discharge.
1944
8216Lieutenant Colonel Percy Charles Ginn, 202886V, 44 Squadron, aged 44. Committed suicide, shot himself in tent.
1944
9978Private MacK Kgabo Hlaku, N/32396, South African Native Labour Corps (Corps). Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1944
10608Major Brian Lynn Hutchinson, 102718V, 31 Squadron, aged 26. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnamager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1944
12108Lieutenant William Burness Kewley, 102460V, 31 Squadron, aged 31. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnämager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1944
12910Lieutenant Gordon Frederick Lane, 205677V, 31 Squadron, aged 22. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnamager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1944
15809Lieutenant John Burns McArthur, 206559V, 31 Squadron. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnämager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1944
23110Sergeant Eric John Silk, PO/X 107314, No. 48 R.M. Commando. (Royal Marines), aged 21. Died of wounds, received in Caen operations.
1944
23912Lieutenant Johannes Retief Meiring Spruyt, 542753V, 31 Squadron, aged 26. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnämager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1944
25422Captain Bruce Towy-Thomas, 102283V, 34 Squadron. Killed in action, 7 crew, shot down while attacking the Steinnämager aerodrome at Szombathely, Hungary, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW144.
1945
2458Private William Frederick Bradshaw, 703499, Essential Services Protection Corps (Corps). Died of injuries, fractured skull, received in motor accident.
1946
23453Signaller Carel James Smith, 317684, South African Corps of Signals (Corps), aged 35. Died of multiple injuries and broncho pneumonia.
1946
26848Warrant Officer Una Lock Van Heerden, F/263272, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (S.A.A.F.), aged 56. Died on active service.
1947
34060Detective Constable Willem Gerhardus Beetge, 9716, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div, aged 49. Accidentally killed, shot, rifle discharged when driving vehicle over bumpy road.
1951
29570Major Brian Brain, P1/10099, AFB Ysterplaat (South African Air Force (Corps)), aged 34. Died of cerebral haemorrhage, at 2 Military Hospital.
1973
29382Rifleman Kenneth Frampton Beghin, 71537872N, 2 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While undergoing Driver and Maintenance training, he died when a Bedford struck an Eland on a narrow bridge on the Walvis Bay - Windhoek road.
1973
29833Rifleman Christos Constatinou, 71409148N, 2 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While undergoing Driver and Maintenance training, he died when a Bedford struck an Eland on a narrow bridge on the Walvis Bay - Windhoek road.
1973
31288Rifleman Ralph George Leggett, 71438121N, 2 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 18. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. While undergoing Driver and Maintenance training, he died when a Bedford struck an Eland on a narrow bridge on the Walvis Bay - Windhoek road.
1974
43381Staff Sergeant Manie Botes, South African Medical Corps (Corps), aged 35. Accidentally killed together with his wife while staying overnight on a relative's farm; overcome by gas while asleep due to a gas leak in the building (returning from holiday).
1976
30679Lance Corporal Charles Henry Henderson, 73118127KT, Cradock Commando (South African Commandos), aged 29. Killed in action, at Oshikango, land mine.
1977
40048District Security Assistant John Sikuma Ndebele, Keep Protection (Internal Affairs), aged 27. Killed in action, in a contact in Lupane, Op Tangent.
1979
40919Guard Meleki, 1st Battalion (Guard Force). Died on active service.
1980
40836Patrol Officer Lloyd William Lawrie, 111063, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 25. Died in Vehicle Accident.
1981
29956Lance Corporal Jan Mathys De Beer, 76362060BG, AFB Waterkloof (South African Air Force (Corps)), aged 21. Died of injuries, received in private vehicle accident, at HF Verwoerd Hospital.
1983
43383Rifleman Katanga, 82901182SWK, 202 Battalion, aged 22. Killed in action, in a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents.
1983
43384Rifleman Kavarata, 83894089SWK, 202 Battalion, aged 21. Killed in action, in a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents.
1984
33150Rifleman Johannes Hendrik Strydom, 81265829BG, School of Infantry (South African Infantry Corps (Corps)), aged 19. Died in Shooting Accident, accident during COIN training, at Debrug.
1987
31744Rifleman Alpheus Dumdum Mbambo, 86106812HG, 121 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 24. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. Buffel rolled at Ngwavuma.
1987
31745Rifleman Sikhumbuzo Eric Mbambo, 86107158HG, 121 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 21. Died in Military Vehicle Accident. Buffel rolled at Ngwavuma.
1989
29344Rifleman Jacques Stefan Barkhuizen, 86403094BG, Infantry School, aged 19. Died in Motor Vehicle Accident, at Hopetown while on route to a tug of war competition.
1991
30302Commandant Frederik Martinus Ferreira, 70000880PE, Eastern Province Command, aged 51. Died in Military Vehicle Accident, about 40 km from Grahamstown, head on collision. He was returning to PE after attending a military law course in Bisho.
1993
35391Constable Lembede, 0616907-4, Durban. Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1993
36830Constable Agrippa Ngoma, 0631399-0, Gauteng, aged 25. Died of injuries, received when affecting the arrest of a native for being in possession of liquor.
1993
37014Constable Nyameli, 0612923-4, Free State. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1993
37385Lance Sergeant Rutledge, 0174638-3, Kwazulu Natal. Died on active service.
1994
43385Rifleman Phuthumani Christian Dywili, 92670579PY, 21 South African Infantry Battalion, aged 24. Died of injuries, multiple injuries after being assaulted by unknown persons, at Mcula, Transkei. He was on leave at the time.
1994
37001Detective Lance Sergeant Nxele, 0606689-5, Western Cape. Stabbed to death.
2009
42577Constable Mnisi, 7052661-3. Died as a result of their duties.
2009
42576Student Constable Mogane, 7133146-8. Died as a result of their duties.
2010
42673Warrant Officer Abdool Rehmane, 467601-7. Died as a result of their duties.
2012
42836Lieutenant Lushaba, 620164-4. Died as a result of their duties.

We will remember them.

Deaths on 07 August by Year