ON THIS DAY

08 July

210

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Person # Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Date of Death
176 Adams Thomas Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-07-08
178 Adams Thomas Clancy Sergeant Cape Corps 1916-07-08
400 Allison Oswald Howard Able Seaman South African Naval Forces 1940-07-08
679 Arnold Anthony Roland Private South African Infantry 1916-07-08
29293 Babin Pierre Corporal South African Corps of Engineers 1980-07-08
34073 Bernhardt John Wallace South African Police 1990-07-08
1954 Blinkhorn Harold Percy Captain South African Air Force 1945-07-08
2087 Booth Arthur Francis Corporal Southern Rhodesia Military and Air Force Police 1945-07-08
2201 Botes Petrus Johannes Francois Corporal 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces 1943-07-08
2547 Brennan James Edward Chief Petty Officer South African Naval Forces 1945-07-08
2800 Brown John Silcock Private South African Infantry 1916-07-08
3352 Carbarns Alexander Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1943-07-08
3928 Clarke Ernest Desmond Captain South African Instructional Corps 1944-07-08
4015 Cloete Anthony Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-07-08
4399 Cook George Private South African Infantry 1916-07-08
4538 Coughlan Cecil Fleming Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces 1941-07-08
4753 Crowder Air Sergeant South African Air Force 1946-07-08
5494 Deas William Inglis Wing Commander Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1944-07-08
6055 Du Plessis Charles Phillip Private Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces 1944-07-08
30147 Du Preez Anton Renier Lance Corporal South African Air Force 1980-07-08
6174 Du Toit Francois Meyer Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-07-08
6500 Edwards William Thomas Private South African Infantry 1916-07-08
6531 Elias Private Rhodesian African Rifles 1946-07-08
6682 Enslin Johannes Private South African Infantry 1917-07-08
6696 Erasmus Barend Hendrik Lieutenant South African Air Force 1943-07-08
7185 Fisher John Davison Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 1944-07-08
7340 Ford Frank Edward Air Corporal South African Air Force 1945-07-08
7350 Ford Robert Henry Herman Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 1945-07-08
8173 Gilfillan Desmond Thornhill Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 1942-07-08
8837 Groenewald Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces 1944-07-08
39382 Gwanyanya Aaron External Assistant Internal Affairs 1977-07-08
9207 Hargraves Charles Alfred Private South African Infantry 1916-07-08
9690 Hendriksz Stephanus Jacobus Private South African Infantry 1916-07-08
9982 Hlamalane Willie Labourer South African Native Labour Bureau 1917-07-08
39433 Holt Robert David Alexander Hughtrede Senior Assistant Commissioner British South Africa Police 1970-07-08
10501 Human Pieter Warrant Officer Class I South African Air Force 1943-07-08
11066 Jansen Manuel Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-07-08
11410 Jones Denis Arthur Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces 1944-07-08
30907 Jordaan Gerhardus Johannes Lance Corporal South African Air Force 1979-07-08
11714 Kailand Petrus Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces 1943-07-08
12004 Kemp Jacobus Private Field Force Battalion, S.A. Forces 1940-07-08
12603 Koza Nelson Kositina Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces 1944-07-08
31198 Kuvari Vegkurid Rifleman South West African Territory Force 1982-07-08
13109 Le Mesurier Gerald John Major South African Air Force 1943-07-08
13844 Losper Christian Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1919-07-08
13846 Losper Fred Private Cape Corps 1917-07-08
13868 Lottering John Henry Private 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces 1945-07-08
38556 Mabiba Bernard Constable British South Africa Police 1976-07-08
35557 Maefala Elliot Sergeant South African Police 1999-07-08
14578 Main Donald Roland Cameron Captain South African Air Force 1943-07-08

Deaths on 08 July by Year