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ON THIS DAY

08 October

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 8 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
47915Burgher Daniel Johannes Robinson, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 23. Died of Appendicitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1914
10329Private Frederick Charles House, 10016, 2nd Bn. (Royal Sussex Regiment), aged 21. Died of wounds.
1914
18169Rifleman Benjamin Daniel Mutlow, 2012, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 25. Died of wounds, received at Scuit Drift, 15th September.
1914
29066Private John Hewat Zeederberg, 3489, 6th Infantry (Cape Town Highlanders), aged 20. Killed by rifle accident, at Wynberg, practicing loading and unloading.
1915
40999Labourer Adam Kamboude, 6339, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 22. Died of emaciation.
1915
19841Second Lieutenant John Paynter, 174th Tunnelling Coy. (Royal Engineers), aged 30. Killed in action.
1916
5354Private Bernard Francis De Lange, 5881, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of malaria.
1916
7149Lance Corporal Kenneth Campbell Findlay, 552722, Royal Canadian Regiment, aged 22. Killed in action.
1916
8264Lieutenant Philip Gluckman, London Regiment (Cyclists), aged 28. Killed in action.
1916
8565Sergeant Albert Victor Grant, 8907, Permanent Force H Q Staff, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died of carcinoma of the liver.
1916
11164Lieutenant Ernest Peter Jensen, 58th Bn. (Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)), aged 27. Killed in action, at Regina Trench, while leading his Company over from the "jumping off" trench to the enemy lines, he was hit by a machine gun bullet and died about twenty minutes later.
1916
12874Driver Jacob Lamikies, 6572, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of malaria, at Voi.
1917
6332Private James Allan Duthie, 492, South African Veterinary Corps, aged 21. Died of blackwater fever.
1917
16972Private John Moeng, 17373, South African Native Labour Corps. Drowned.
1917
21677Corporal James Robinson, 12148, Military Labour Corps. Died on active service.
1917
25036Private George Thom, X/370, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Died of wounds, received at the Battle of Menin Road, Ypres.
1918
229Private Joshua Africa, 6664, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 23. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
298Chaplain Joseph George Aldridge, Young Men's Christian Association, aged 45. Died on active service.
1918
453Private David Anderson, 16104, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
561Private Robert Brand Angus, 7153, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
829Private Michael Baas, 6135, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 40. Died of influenza.
1918
1149Private James Barnes, 6882, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 27. Died of influenza.
1918
1206Private Menzo Wilhelm Barrish, 16392, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds, received 29th April.
1918
1406Company Quartermaster Sergeant Charles Ernest Beck, 5454, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action.
1918
1488Private George Dominico Beldekeno, 11260, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
1968Private Frank Bloemstein, 50, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
2787Private James Brown, 16517, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
2793Lance Corporal Joseph Brown, 9935, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
3061Captain Charles Mansel Burmester, 3rd Bn. (South Wales Borderers), aged 42. Died of wounds.
1918
3158Private Alexander John Francis Butt, 13214, 1st/3rd (South African Medical Corps), aged 24. Killed in action.
1918
3324Private Stephen Campbell, 14308, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.
1918
3430Lance Corporal John William Knott Carr, 11549, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
3752Private John William Chippett, 15297, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
3936Private James Ray Clarke, 23428, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
3996Private Edwin Clifford, 17501, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
4106Sergeant Eric William Codd, 11434, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
4137Private Gert James Coetzee, 3306, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 21. Died of influenza.
1918
4165Private Samuel Coetzee, 5362, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 29. Died of influenza.
1918
4270Private Brian Collins, 15182, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1918
4430Sergeant Edward Lewis Coomber, 5303, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
4550Private Percival Edward Coulton, 321, South African Medical Corps, aged 23. Killed in action.
1918
4945Private Reginald William Danby, 17030, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
5093Private Benjamin Davies, 4304, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 23. Died of influenza.
1918
5246Private Henry William De Bruin, 11261, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
5250Special Constable Robert Henry De Bruin, 6584, 5th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 29. Died of influenza.
1918
5870Private Thomas Donald, X/804, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Killed in action.
1918
5874Second Lieutenant Duncan Lane Donaldson, 40th Training Depot Station (Royal Air Force), aged 28. Accidentally killed, whilst flying.
1918
6278Private Edward Duncan, 18368, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
6480Private Harold Hughes Edwards, 9334, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
6844Private Lindsay Howard Exall, 17506, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Died of wounds.
1918
6921Private Pietrus Faros, 78, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
6984Lieutenant Harry Feinhols, attd. Cape Corps (Active Citizen Force), aged 36. Died of influenza, at Kimberley.
1918
7033Private George Reid Henry Ferguson, 8837, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action.
1918
7172Private Edward Charles Fish, X/716, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
7352Private Samuel John Ford, 13923, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
7446Private Ernest Fourie, 13394, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
7497Private Ernest Fox, 8155, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 32. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
7811Private Harold Edward Gage, 17457, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.
1918
8281Private Charles Robert Godden, 15918, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Killed in action.
1918
8537Private Douglas Graham, 12141, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
8832Private Benjamin Groenewald, 6850, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
9243Private Walter Alexander Harper, 17883, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.
1918
9725Private John Dickson Henry, 91, 1st South African Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 20. Killed in action, by bomb from enemy aeroplane.
1918
9826Private Richard Andrew Heyns, 14969, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action.
1918
9863Sergeant Cecil John Higgo, 2048, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
10036Lance Corporal Sydney Richard Hodge, 15612, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, chest.
1918
10247Private Rex John Hopkins, 8992, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
10307Private Percival Horwood, 17436, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
11105Labourer Lukie Jason, 20215, EA Transport (South African Native Labour Corps). Died at sea, on board the "Kentail".
1918
11194Private Gerald Joaillet, 17576, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
11901Private Charles Sydney Keast, 7974, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Died of pneumonia.
1918
12044Private Mark Clarence Kenney, 12111, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 31. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
12190Corporal Leonard Walter Kiddle, RR/1810, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
12243Private Frank King, 8721, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Died of wounds.
1918
12667Private Jacobus Andries Diederick Kruger, 11079, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
12819Sergeant Joseph Laidler, 7606, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Killed in action.
1918
13044Private Claude Lawrence, 19072, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 15. Died of wounds.
1918
13277Private Isaac Michael Leinand, 10817, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
13669Staff Sergeant Adam Harkness Lister, 138893, 251st Siege Battery (Royal Garrison Artillery), aged 32. Died of wounds.
1918
13699Driver Samuel Harry Livingstone, MT/4579, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of pneumonia.
1918
13954Private George Low, 17150, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action.
1918
14813Sergeant Hugh Francis Philip Mallet, 5575, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
15216Lance Corporal Walter Stephen Marsh, 14154, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
15507Private Tommy Mathews, 6992, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 22. Died of influenza.
1918
15839Second Lieutenant Ronald George Adair McCarter, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 27. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
15921Company Sergeant Major Cyril James McDonald, 8120, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
16249Lance Corporal John McPherson, 16167, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 29. Died of wounds.
1918
16329Private Henry Francois Meintjes, X/738, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 21. Killed in action.
1918
16479Private Izak Meyer, 18444, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
16628Private William Edward Miles, 16089, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1918
17505Driver Martinus Morris, HT/6140, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport, aged 22. Died of influenza.
1918
17512Corporal Archibald Morrison, D/488, South African Pioneers. Died of pneumonia.
1918
18545Private Jacob Nell, 18509, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
18768Private Robert Nicholson, 7545, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action.
1918
18798Private Evert Barnard Nienaber, 16982, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
18895Captain Alfred Robert Noble, Active Citizen Force. Died of influenza.
1918
18938Private Barnett Nooll, 17831, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
18995Sergeant William Alexander Norvall, 6415, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action, during the attack on Beaurevoir.
1918
19344Private Gieleam Olivier, 161, South African Medical Corps. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
19511Trooper Sabrand Johannes Otto, 1328, Protectorate Garrison Regiment, aged 26. Died of pneumonia.

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