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ON THIS DAY

09 December

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South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

On This Day — 9 December

We remember those who died in service on this day:

1899
47482Burgher Abraham Jacobus Bester, Boer Forces, aged 30. Killed in action, Graspan.
1899
47473Burgher Jacobus A Bester, Jacobsdal Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Rooilaagte Belmont.
1899
44988Burgher L. B. Scheuble, Ficksburg Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Rooilaagte.
1899
43663Burgher Van Tonder, Bloemfontein Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Jacobsdal.
1899
44159Burgher Andries Johannes Van Tonder, Fourie Commando (Boer Forces), aged 18. Killed in action, Modder River.
1901
46978Burgher Daniel Fritz Cornelissen, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Begin der Lyn.
1901
43454Burgher Fourie, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Calvynstad.
1901
45812Burgher Hermanus Richard (Manie) Lemmer, Lichtenburg Commando (Boer Forces), aged 50. Killed in action, Varkfontein between Klipkuil No 210 (Marico) and Lichtenburg.
1901
47657Burgher Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz, Boer Forces, aged 18. Killed in action, Ladysmith.
1901
48377Burgher Gerhardus Marthinus Maritz, Prisoner of War (Boer Forces), aged 16. Died of measles while a prisoner of war, Ladysmith (TINTOWN).
1901
45525Burgher Onbekend Naude, Boer Forces. Killed in action, Brandwacht.
1901
45375Burgher M. H. Lt. Otto, Marico Commando (Boer Forces). Killed in action, Dinokana, Mafeking.
1901
45376Burgher Michiel Hendrik Otto, Marico Commando (Boer Forces), aged 23. Killed in action, Calvynstad.
1914
12484Burgher Hermanus Barend Jacob Kock, Vryheid Commando (Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Died of wounds, received at Kestell.
1915
3096Trooper James Andrew Burrough, 784, 9th (Australian Light Horse), aged 36. Died of sickness.
1915
4802Private Melville G Cummings, A/60, British South African Police. Died of enteric fever, at Abercorn.
1916
1478Leader Mguba Bekepezulu, 13634, South African Native Labour Bureau. Died of dysentery, at Morogoro.
1916
2009Labourer David Bobo, 6903, Ox Transport (South African Native Labour Bureau). Died of dysentery, at Dodoma.
1916
2701Private Edward Charles Brooke-Smith, 16753, 7th Bn. (Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)), aged 24. Died of wounds, at Voluntary Aid Hospital, Torquay.
1916
19380Corporal James Justin O'Meara, 12029, 6th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Died of dysentery.
1916
28861Bombardier Walter Wrennall, 10, 1st (South African Field Artillery), aged 41. Died of malaria.
1917
345Driver Ditta Alla, S/5022, 1st (South African Mounted Brigade). Died on active service.
1917
2818Private Robert Arthur Brown, 14274, 2nd Regt. (South African Infantry). Died of wounds.
1917
6207Private Wouter Hugo Du Toit, 59, 1st South African Field Ambulance (South African Medical Corps), aged 32. Died of wounds.
1917
11839Private John Kasinen, 11754, South African Native Labour Corps. Died of tuberculosis, at sea, on HM Guildford Castle.
1917
16303Labourer Robert Mealies, 17179, Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces, aged 45. Died of consumption, at Mossel Bay, on return to South Africa.
1917
19611Private Willie Henry David Palmer, 14216, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 30. Killed in action.
1917
20196Private Arthur Philpott, 10772, 1st Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 39. Died of wounds.
1917
22723Gunner Louis Simon Clifford Senich, 851, 71st Siege Bty. (South African Heavy Artillery), aged 26. Died of wounds.
1917
23656Private Edward Charles Smithers, 13806, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 23. Died of wounds.
1917
27593Private John Alexander Walker, 13258, 4th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 40. Killed in action.
1918
187Private Adamu, M/1631, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
6199Driver Ockert Johannes Frederick Du Toit, MT/5907, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 25. Died of broncho pneumonia.
1918
7735Private Or Fulatele Fulatela, M/1189, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
7991Private Michael Daniel Geldenhuys, D/360, South African Pioneers, aged 24. Died of influenza.
1918
8111Sergeant Ernest Stewart Gibson, 270, South African Medical Corps, aged 46. Died of heart failure while under anesthetic, at Roberts Heights Hospital.
1918
11800Corporal Kanono, M/1223, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
14732Private Office Malamba, M/2059, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
17076Driver Ruiter Mokaena, HT/961, Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport. Died of tuberculosis and peritonitis.
1918
18317Private William Nandi, M/746, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
22010Sapper Evelyn Rudman, D/879, South African Pioneers, aged 34. Died of influenza.
1918
23099Private Or Silsuku Sikuku, M/1491, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1918
28186Sapper Alfred James White, D/798, South African Pioneers. Died of influenza.
1918
29149Private Roman Zunze Or Zunzi Or Zuze, M/526, Rhodesia Native Regiment. Died of pneumonia, at Ntondwe, Nyasaland.
1919
13619Sapper Robert Johannes Linder, D/733, South African Pioneers. Died of tuberculosis.
1933
34084Lance Sergeant Barend Jacobus Bezuidenhout, 47773, 17 Dist (Graaff Reinet) CE Div (South African Police), aged 30. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1936
33556Private Petrus Hendrik Van Niekerk, 50296, "C" Coy. (Special Service Battalion), aged 17. Died at Pretoria.
1940
1796Second Engineer Officer Charles Edward Bignell, S.S. Ashcrest (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 34. Presumed drowned, through loss of ship.
1940
7169Lieutenant Jacobus George Fischer, 202883, 33 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, in Hurricane I #P3824.
1940
9945Pupil Pilot Cedric Alan Hinton, 103247, 21 Air School (South African Air Force), aged 23. Killed in aircraft accident, crashed, in Hawker Hart I #301.
1940
11367Sergeant Paul Dootson Douglas Johnstone, 777632, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, aged 22. Died in Aircraft Accident, Harvard P5910.
1940
18103Lance Corporal David Murray, 190071, South African Engineer Corps. Died on active service.
1940
20619Lance Corporal John L L Pratt, 41499, South African Corps of Military Police, aged 25. Died on active service.
1940
38068Willem Abraham Van Rensburg, 7531(F), HQ (Pay Department) (South African Police), aged 47. Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1941
82Private Abobakar Achmat, M/14564, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 27. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
119Private David Labon Adams, C/304654, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
214Private Joseph Adonis, M/15318, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
314Private Frank Donald Alexander, 7639382, 7 Armd. Div. Workshops (Royal Army Ordnance Corps), aged 30. Died on active service.
1941
417Private Gerard Altman, 186576, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
594Private Hendrik Appel, 186784, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
630Private Andrew Johannes Arends, C/285525, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
632Private Moses Arends, C/284691, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
697Private John Arries, C/276044, 4 Res. M.T. Coy. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 38. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
707Sapper John Hugo Arvidson, 189582, 21 Field Park Coy. (South African Engineer Corps), aged 28. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
828Private Baartman, C/276404, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
896Corporal Norman Bailey, 2954, 10 Field Amb. (South African Medical Corps), aged 28. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
1230Private Thomas G Bartham, C/276751, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 26. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
1278Private Teuns Benjamin Basson, C/273984, 4 Res. M.T. Coy. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 25. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
1310Private Andries Batiste, C/304803, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 18. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
1726Private Nicholas Jacobus Beukes, C/284729, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 15. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
1729Private Samuel Beukes, C/285531, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
2020Private Nathan Boer, C/273567, 5th Bde. Coy. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 34. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
2124Private Samson Booysen, M/11366, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 38. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
2147Private Joseph Francis Bornstein, 77264, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces). Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
2215Private Christoffel Hendriks Botha, 35930, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 20. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
2284Corporal Theunis Jacobus Botha, 35911, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 24. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
2609Private Andrew Brink, C/275253, 4 Res. M.T. Coy. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 22. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3052Lance Corporal Neil Ponsonby Burl, 88812, 1st Bn. (South African Irish), aged 22. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3082Corporal Joseph Burns, C/273921, 4 Res. M.T. Coy. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 29. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3123Private James Fred Busby, C/288218, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 35. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3212Private Jacobus Caesar, C/169449, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 34. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3417Private Philip Carolus, C/274011, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 23. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3501Corporal Walter John Casey, 87934, South African Irish, aged 23. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3510Corporal Henry Peter Caster, C/275710, 3 Field Regt. (Cape Corps, S.A. Forces), aged 38. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3568Private Bertie James Chalice, C/276588, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 39. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3802Corporal Christians, C/285277, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3804Corporal Jens Anker Christiansen, 52837, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 42. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3858Private Hendrik Gerhardus Claasens, 187153, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 33. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
3960Private Johannes G Classen, C/304527, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 22. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4037Warrant Officer Class II Jacobus Hosea Cloete, 39520, South African Irish, aged 25. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4195Corporal Daniel Solomon Cohen, 51551, 5th Bde. Coy. (Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces). Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4197Private Geoffrey Harold Cohen, 87645, 1st Bn. (South African Irish), aged 27. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4222Corporal Robert James Cole, 135142, 4th Armoured Car Regt. (South African Tank Corps), aged 23. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4277Private Collins, 88226, 1st Bn. (South African Irish), aged 18. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4287Private Theodorus Ernst Collins, 77303, 2nd (Regiment Botha, S.A. Forces), aged 32. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4372Private Freddie Conroy, C/287827, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 19. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4386Private Archibald Cook, C/166883, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4651Private Douglas James Crawford, 3012, South African Medical Corps, aged 32. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4747Private Donald Crouse, 189267, Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 20. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).
1941
4766Private Henry Croy, C/284732, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 30. Lost in the S.S. Sebastiano Venier (Jason).

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