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ON THIS DAY

09 October

173

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 9 October

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1900
44784Burgher Helgaard Petrus Cmdt Steenkamp, Lydenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 47. Killed in action, Lydenburg.
1901
47819Burgher John Michael Haley, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 18. Died of meningitis while a prisoner of war, Ceylon.
1901
48179Burgher Willem Cornelis Janse Van Rensburg, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 34. Died of dysentery while a prisoner of war, St Helena.
1915
39076Labourer Peter Andries, 643533, Hq (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 33. Died on active service.
1916
2467Second Lieutenant William Thomas Coker Braine, 3rd Bn. (Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)), aged 29. Killed in action, at North Combles.
1916
7264Signaller John William Fletcher, 701, South African Div. Signal Coy. (South African Signal Service), aged 20. Died of malaria.
1916
8916Driver William Watson Gurney, MT/502, M.t. (South African Service Corps). Died of intestinal obstruction.
1916
12031Company Sergeant Major Patrick Kennedy, 9875, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of dysentery.
1916
18566Labourer Jafta Or Jaftha Nemane, 12158, East African Expeditionary Force (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of malaria and phthisis, at Maritzburg Hospital, South Africa.
1916
22954Labourer Jack Shidana, 5561, Transport and Remounts (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of haemorrhage, of bowels, at No. 3 Hospital Durban.
1916
25390Private Herbert Charles Toomey, 4095, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of malaria.
1916
26575Sub-Lieutenant Charles Philip Voltelen Van Der Byl, H.m. S/m "g1." (Royal Navy), aged 21. Washed off his submarine.
1917
3170Second Lieutenant Denis Sydney Buxton, 2nd Bn. (Coldstream Guards), aged 19. Killed in action, leading his company, on the morning of the 9th October 1917.
1917
9394Second Lieutenant George Denis Harvey, 3rd Bn. (Coldstream Guards). Died on active service.
1917
9503Private John Edward Haycox, 285210, 1st/6th Bn. (Gloucestershire Regiment), aged 39. Missing, Death Presumed.
1917
10219Horse Driver Lucas Hooka, 15299, South African Native Labour Bureau. Potchefstroom.
1917
12001Major Charles Matthew Kemp, 21st Bn. (Manchester Regiment), aged 39. Killed in action.
1917
12018Lieutenant Arthur Percy Kendrick, 1st (King's African Rifles), aged 24. Died of wounds.
1917
13168Lieutenant Eric Charles Allan Learmouth, 7th Bn. (West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)). Died on active service.
1917
14033Second Lieutenant Gilbert William Lund, 1st/7th Bn. (West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)), aged 27. Killed in action.
1917
15685Second Lieutenant Henry Joseph Ignatius Maxwell-Stuart, 3rd Bn. (Coldstream Guards). Killed in action.
1917
20961Lieutenant Richard Angwin Rail, 3rd Bn. (Coldstream Guards), aged 29. Killed in action.
1917
17476Private Frans Ramolaodi, 6300, 10th Coy. (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of vascular heart disease, at Cape Town.
1917
28919Second Lieutenant Leonard Gordon Wrigley, 2nd/9th Bn. (Manchester Regiment), aged 31. Killed in action, at Passchendaele.
1918
124Private Fortuin Adams, 6974, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 33. Died of influenza.
1918
233Private Klaas Africander, 6401, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 20. Died of influenza, at Cape Town.
1918
773Private Johnnie Evangalist Augustine, 5021, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
931Private Robert James Walthen Baird, 18247, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 26. Killed in action, during the attack on Bertry.
1918
1141Private Charles Taunton Barnes, 13132, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action.
1918
2426Labourer May Boyes, 10050, Ordnance Cape Town (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of influenza, at Cape Town.
1918
2854Sapper Richard Browne, V/250, Miscellaneous Trades Coy., aged 50. Died of enteric silicosis.
1918
2904Sergeant Frank Bryant, 14088, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 44. Killed in action.
1918
3270Private James Norman Cameron, 17606, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action.
1918
3384Private Victor C Carlsson, 5170, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds.
1918
3549Sergeant Johannes Jacobus Celliers, 1511, South African Medical Corps. Died of influenza.
1918
3811Private James George Christie, 18271, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
3957Private Charles Classen, 2241, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
4435Lance Corporal James Coon, 6699, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
4609Corporal Victor Charlie Cox, 17787, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 17. Killed in action.
1918
4699Driver Andrew Cronje, HT/6041, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of influenza.
1918
5406Private Bernard Jacobus De Villiers, 43, South African Medical Corps, aged 25. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
6359Private Joseph Peter Dyers, 5480, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 38. Died of influenza.
1918
6634Private William Alexander Emslie, 11840, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.
1918
6657Private Petrus Johannes Engelbrecht, 809, South African Medical Corps, aged 29. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
6697Private Carl Erasmus, 5621, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
7091Private Abraham Festoes, 6747, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
7399Private Jacob Jacobus Fortuin, 1389, 1st (Cape Corps), aged 21. Died of influenza.
1918
7428Private Eban Fouchee, 16584, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Killed in action.
1918
7616Private William Fraser, 7284, 3rd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of influenza, whilst a POW.
1918
8115Private George Samuel Gibson, 9405, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.
1918
8867Private Arthur Groves, 15550, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
8979Lance Corporal Charles Victor Hagglund, 474, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
9063Private Percy George Hambidge, 9174, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 38. Killed in action, during the attack on Bertry.
1918
9638Company Sergeant Major John Henderson, 5903, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 35. Killed in action.
1918
9900Lieutenant Roy Mortimer Hill, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 33. Killed in action.
1918
10405Private Clement Charles Howse, 16372, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action.
1918
10472Private Peter Samuel Huismen, 9597, Cape Cycle Corps. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
11067Private Martin John Jansen, 7191, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 24. Died of influenza.
1918
11647Private Edward Julius, 5379, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
11873Private Martin Bulmer Kay, RR/1830, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 42. Killed in action.
1918
13474Labourer Moss Levy, 10061, Ordnance Cape Town (South African Native Labour Corps). Died of influenza, at Cape Town.
1918
13530Private William Henry Ley, 11761, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
13664Corporal Louis Lipschitz, 1908, South African Medical Corps. Died of influenza.
1918
13684Private Stephen Goddard Litster, 15305, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of wounds.
1918
14719Private Jim Makungo, 18443, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis of the lungs.
1918
41308Native Constable Albert Bertie Mantame, 384, 4th Regt. (South African Mounted Rifles), aged 29. Died of phthisis.
1918
15286Driver Martinus Martin, HT/6139, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of influenza.
1918
16326Rifleman John Moffat Mein, 57702, 2nd Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps). Died of wounds.
1918
36104Constable Gert Hendrik Meyer, 3700(F), 39 Dist (Johannesburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 33. Died of Spanish Influenza.
1918
16482Private John Meyer, 6907, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 23. Died of influenza.
1918
16503Private Peter Philippus Meyer, 18678, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 18. Killed in action.
1918
16535Labourer Thomas Mgage, 10360, South African Native Labour Bureau, aged 35. Died of influenza.
1918
16579Private Frederick Michaels, 7311, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
16634Private Jacob Millar, 6004, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
16713Private William Michael Mills, 16853, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Killed in action.
1918
17232Private Robert Allan Mollison, 17773, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
17249Private Karl Molokowbe, 5455, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
17392Private John Johannes Moos, 7121, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
17767Private Charles Wallett Moyle, 13169, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 19. Died of wounds.
1918
18164Private William Argus Mutch, 7423, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 22. Killed in action, at Cambrai.
1918
18577Private Augustus Tiberias Neser, X/717, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 28. Killed in action.
1918
18908Private Edward Percival Noel, 14569, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Died of wounds.
1918
19144Private Jacobus Nyhoff, 7123, 2nd (Cape Corps). Died of influenza.
1918
19279Driver William Ogle, HT/5459, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of influenza.
1918
20235Lieutenant Lisle Barrington Pickering, Supernumerary List (Active Citizen Force), aged 22. Died of influenza.
1918
20400Private August Plaatjes, 6526, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 25. Died of influenza.
1918
20668Private Pieter Andries Christian Pretorius, 17954, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.
1918
21054Private David George Ramsay, 14876, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
21227Private Peter Redlinghuys, 19959, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
21436Private Charles Colenso Richardson, 14201, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds, abdomen and right thigh.
1918
21439Private Edwin Gordon Richardson, 13874, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 25. Killed in action.
1918
22202Lance Sergeant Wynand John Sampson, 7077, 2nd (Cape Corps), aged 26. Died of influenza.
1918
22226Private Horace Herbert Sanderson, 15935, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
23219Corporal Edward Mosely Singlehurst, 8766, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 24. Killed in action.
1918
23424Private Alexander Jeffrey Smith, 18946, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20. Killed in action.
1918
24265Private Eric Arthur Stokes, 17019, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Killed in action.
1918
24391Lance Corporal Johannes Jacobus Strydom, A/8418, 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles). Died on active service.
1918
23130Leader George Summers, 10849, Transport and Remounts (Military Labour Corps), aged 30. Died of influenza, at Kimberley.
1918
24609Private George Edward Swartz, 3193, 1st (Cape Corps). Died of pneumonia and influenza.
1918
24799Private Arthur William Taylor, RR/1721, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry). Killed in action.

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