44054Burgher Frederik Jacobus Van Zyl, Boer Forces, aged 26.Killed in action, Allemansdrif near Philippolis.
1901
46999Burgher J Vivian Coghlan, Johannesburg Police Commando (Boer Forces), aged 24.Killed in action, Wonderfontein, Pan station.
1901
46895Burgher Jan, Field Cornet De Bruin, Boer Forces, aged 58.Killed in action, "Dundee", Ladybrand.
1901
43966Burgher Johannes G Viljoen, Lichtenburg De la Rey Commando (Boer Forces), aged 20.Killed in action, Lichtenburg.
1915
39426Labourer Gunstruck Charlie, 6340, 6th Battalion (South African Native Labour Corps), aged 29.Died at Kimberley.
1915
21278Sergeant Major Gordon Reid, 3rd (King's African Rifles), aged 24.Killed in action.
1916
7927Sergeant Peter Gauld, R/5750, 1st Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps), aged 40.Died of wounds.
1916
19962Private Percy James Pepper, 8980, 11th Regt. (South African Infantry), aged 20.Missing, Death Presumed.
1917
2640Mule Driver Hans Britz, 17045, South African Native Labour Bureau.Kilwa.
1917
10507Labourer Joshua Hume, 2490, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of tubercular exhaustion, at Durban North General Hospital.
1917
11273Second Lieutenant Howard Fife Johnson, 1st/5th Bn. (The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)).Died on active service.
1917
12512Donkey Driver Amos Koete, 12083, South African Native Labour Bureau.Kilwa.
1917
16811Ox Driver Mgqashini Miya, 17290, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of malaria, at Mohoro.
1917
17468Company Sergeant Major Francis Arthur Morley, MT/398, M.t. (South African Service Corps), aged 37.Died of malaria.
1917
20576Corporal Alfred Henry Poultney, 750, South African Veterinary Corps, aged 37.Died of liver abscess.
1918
3745Private Chipalamwazani, 377, Northern Rhodesia Police.Died on active service.
1918
14180Labourer Jan Mabutse, 380, South African Native Labour Bureau.Died of dysentery, malaria and tuberculosis, at Johannesburg Hospital, on return to South Africa.
1918
24422Lieutenant Charles Albert Stubbs, 66th Bde. Depot (Royal Army Ordnance Corps), aged 47.Died of meningitis.
1918
28987Second Lieutenant Reuben Harold Yell, 16th Sqdn. (Royal Flying Corps), aged 21.Killed in action.
1935
36879Constable Wessel Hendrik Niemand, 6156(M), 59 Dist (Pietersburg) Tvl Div (South African Police), aged 36.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1941
23719Private Letlatsa Soko, N/5211, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of cardiac failure.
1942
19795Air Mechanic Ivan Malcolm Paulin, 13892, South African Air Force, aged 43.Died of accident, whilst on leave.
1942
21483Sergeant Stephen Cyril Ridge, 140816, Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 60.Died on active service.
1942
22454Sergeant Jacob Peter Schorn, 2497, 2nd Bn. (Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces).Died of injuries, received in fall out of the bedroom window, at the Victoria Hotel, Cairo when he landed on the pavement below.
1942
28116Rifleman Harold Guthrie Westland, RH/6855525, 1st Bn. (King's Royal Rifle Corps).Died on active service.
1943
1193Flight Sergeant Cedric Nolan Barrett, 95906, 21 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 29.Died of injuries, received in flying accident at Berka, on March 1st.
1943
2523Private Abram Bredenkamp, C/303024, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1943
7214Sergeant Horace Fitzjohn, 778941, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.Died on active service.
1943
11483Private Joni, 7645, Rhodesia Air Askari Corps.Died on active service.
1943
16571Private Mandelenkosi Mhlongo, N/60101, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of acute yellow atrophy of liver.
1943
18220Corporal Mwene Mwilima, NRA/13150, Northern Rhodesia Regiment.Died on active service.
1943
19598Ordinary Seaman Dudley Sydney Palmer, S.S. Clarissa Radcliffe (London) (Merchant Navy), aged 19.Whilst operating with Convoy SC-122. Torpedoed and sunk by U-633. En route New York for Barrow.
1943
26954Boy Mathew Van Rensburg, M.V. Tabor (Norway) (Merchant Navy), aged 19.Tabor SS was a Norwegiam Steam Freighter built in 1936 and of 4,768 tons. She was on route from ALEXANDRIA & ADEN for TABLE BAY & LAGOS carrying a cargo of ballast of bagged salt when she was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire from U-506. 12 crew lost from a total of 46.
1944
1549Private Frederick John Bender, M/12032, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 28.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, after discharge.
1944
1919Lieutenant John Edgcome Blanckenberg, 118450V, South African Corps of Signals, aged 31.Killed in action.
1944
4314Private John Frederick Combrinck, 703040, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces.Died of cerebral hemorrhage, in the Springfield Hospital, Durban.
1944
4706Lieutenant Jan Abraham Cronje, 328365V, South African Air Force, aged 23.Died in Aircraft Accident, Master II M.19 EM376, dived into the ground, at Werrington near Peterborough.
1944
4963Corporal Bwembya Daniel, AC/21805, 4th Bn. (Northern Rhodesia Regiment).Died on active service.
1944
17440Flight Sergeant Patrick Joseph Morgan, 102295, 12 Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 26.Died of injuries.
1945
6698Squadron Leader Charles Derek Erasmus, 160102, 193 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve).Killed in action, Typhoon RB381, crashed behind the railway crossing, at Raalte.
1945
8242Warrant Officer Basil Henry Glasse, 777859, 150 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 25.Died as a POW, shot down in Wellington Mk.111, lost on operation, from Snaith. Hit by Flak over the target, shot down by a night-fighter Fw Fritz Shellwat 5./NJG1 and crashed in a field near the hamlets of Kersbeek and Miskom (Brabant), 11 km NNE of Tienen, Belgium. Those killed in the crash are buried in Kersbeek-Miskom Churchyard. Sgt B. H. Glasse made a PoW. Sgt B. H. Glasse was interned in Camps 8B/344, PoW No.27141. Died 9 March 45 on The Forced March. No known grave.
13238Private Jack Leeuw, N/21092V, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces.Died on active service.
1945
17178Private Petrus Molefe, N/10570, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 46.Died of agranulocytosis.
1945
19872Air Mechanic Pearce, 209323V, 25 Sqdn. (South African Air Force).Died of heart attack.
1945
22610Sergeant William Sebenda, N/70982, Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 21.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1945
23775Lieutenant Peter Beaufort Somerset, 543126V, 250 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21.Killed in action.
1945
23801Pilot Officer Ronald South, 195242, 90 Sqdn. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), aged 22.Killed in action, Lancaster BI PA254, took off 1037 from Tuddenham carrying two navigators for a G-H raid on the Emscher Lippe Benzol Works. Brought down by flak.
1945
24772Lieutenant Denis Bryce Tattersall, 542496V, 250 (R.A.F.) Sqdn. (South African Air Force), aged 21.Killed in action.
1946
22473Staff Sergeant Ismail Schroeder, M/11110, Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 43.Died of pulmonary tuberculosis, after discharge.
1946
25158Sergeant Andrew Lumsden Thomson, 137355, 1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces, aged 74.Died on active service.
1947
27120Private Johannes Gerhardus Van Wyk, 1842, Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces, aged 62.Died on active service.
1965
41609Corporal Willem Anton Botha, P/23776, 61 Base Workshop (South African Army), aged 46.Died of cirrhosis of the liver, in Voortrekkerhoogte Military Hospital.
1965
33669Leading Air Mechanic Leslie Andrew Veer, P/50044, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South African Air Force), aged 21.Died of injuries, head injuries, received in motor vehicle collision with a train on the Devon/Springs road on 7 March 1965, at 1 Mil Hospital.
1971
34238Detective Constable Johannes Frederick Burger, 36894, Head Office (South African Police), aged 20.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1973
38790Field Reservist David Michael Stacey, 9776A, Police Anti Terrorist Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 50.Died of wounds, received in action in the Mukwichi Tribal Trust Lands, Urungwe district, Op Hurricane.
1974
34542Constable Wikus Du Plessis, W57612F, 25 Dist (Bloemfontein) OFS Div (South African Police), aged 19.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
1977
38382Field Reservist Colin Andrew Capell, 14444, Fort Victoria (British South Africa Police), aged 54.Killed on active service in a shooting accident.
1977
39361Rifleman John Patrick Katanga, 81951193HK, 202 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 19.Killed in action, during a contact with enemy forces in Southern Angola.
1977
31041Second Lieutenant Gerrit Keulder, 71412837PE, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 21.Killed in action, whilst on patrol in Henombe area of Southern Angola. At Henombe, approximately 200 cattle were found and driven towards the SWA border, the idea being to take these cattle to the cattle farm at Omauni. A small PLAN force led by Denga Ndaitwah (recently retired Chief of the Namibian Defence Force) spotted the 32 Battalion patrol and hastily laid an ambush south of Henombe. In the short firefight, Lieutenant Keulder was mortally wounded and the PLAN force immediately withdrew. His body was carried out of the contact area before being airlifted out back to SWA. The 32 Battalion Patrol abandoned the cattle and returned to South West Africa on foot.
1977
38705Constable Abednicho Ndlovu, 21587, Duty Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 22.Killed in action, in an ambush.
1977
38720Constable Thomas Nkala, 19939, Ground Coverage (British South Africa Police), aged 26.Killed in action, in an ambush in Matabeleland South, Op Tangent.
1977
38769Patrol Officer Alaister Ian Murray Scott, 8344, Uniform (British South Africa Police), aged 25.Died in Freak Accident, electrocuted while trying to repair a heater.
1977
38827Field Reservist Cornelius Johannes P Van Slageren, 24508N, Braeside Police Camp (British South Africa Police), aged 40.Died in Shooting Incident, in the Shamva area.
1978
38418Constable Colas Or Cholas Chitsoko, 22594, Support Unit (British South Africa Police), aged 24.Murdered in the Zhombe Tribal Trust Land.
1978
30382Rifleman Anthony John Francisco, Recruit, 32 (Buffalo) Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 43.Died in training, accident killed by his platoon sergeant.
1979
39882Private Tamusanga Clever Moyo, 660414, 2nd Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 31.Killed in action, by a mortar bomb, Op Repulse.
1979
39623Private Charles Josam Muchore, 649175, 2 Independent Company (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 20.Killed in action, in a contact.
1979
40340Private Notice Or Nickson Sibanda, 661746, 2nd Battalion (Rhodesian African Rifles), aged 46.Killed in action, by a mortar bomb, Op Repulse.
1982
31988Lance Corporal Errol Carl Moolman, 77246502BT, SAS Donkin (Rand Light Infantry), aged 20.Drowned, went rowing on the Cunene river in a dugout canoe. He and his friend tried to go over the weir but they were caught in the rushing water, where E Moolman went missing, suspected drowned.
1982
33720Rifleman John Verrooy, 80589773CK, attd. Wenela Base (South African Cape Corps), aged 21.Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned when he fell off a pont near Wenela Base in Eastern Caprivi.
1983
30015Captain Ferdinand De Villiers, 68247261, 3 Medical Battalion Group (South African Infantry Corps), aged 30.Committed suicide, shot himself, with an R4 rifle, at Opuwo.
1984
39852Rifleman Robert Matende, 82911710SWK, 202 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 20.Killed in action, during a contact with PLAN insurgents.
1984
33407Lieutenant Gys Albertus Marthinus Van Den Heever, 74241936, 101 Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 25.Died of wounds, bullet wound, near Oshakati.
1985
29277Rifleman Shaun Patrick Atkins, 79350401BG, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 21.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when the Buffel Troop Carrier in which they were travelling as passengers, overturned in Grahamstown.
1985
39755Rifleman Orlando De Portugal, 82532581BG, 6 South African Infantry Battalion (South African Infantry Corps), aged 19.Died in Military Vehicle Accident, when the Buffel Troop Carrier in which they were travelling as passengers, overturned in Grahamstown.
1985
30886Rifleman Rory Clyde Jonas, 101 Battalion (South West African Territory Force), aged 23.Killed in action, during a contact with PLAN Insurgents.
1985
35260Leon Joseph Kotze, 19533, Grootfontein, SWA (South African Police), aged 50.Died on active service.
1987
31814Corporal Matthew William Wallace McGregor, 83412064BG, 2 Field Engineer Regiment (South African Corps of Engineers), aged 20.Died of wounds, received when unit walked into an ambush in South West Angola. The Fapla forces had laid out a perfect killing acre, marked with rocks in the trees. They had just come out of the TB and were about to start sweeping the road for landmines. On the road was the five man sweeping team, two soldiers out ahead walking recce, two soldiers walking protection on the left and two soldiers walking protection on the right. They were just setting off when there was a loud explosion. From the right hand side of the road masses of small arms fire as well as RPG, mortar and rifle grenades were fired at them.
1987
33428Signaler Francois Christoffel Van Der Walt, 84598176, Army Gymnasium (South African Corps of Signals), aged 20.Died of Medical Reason, at 1 Mil Hospital after being taken ill at the Army Gymnasium in Heidelberg, from meningitis.
1988
31431Special Constable Fransiskus Lukas, 80656705KB, South West Africa Police Counter-Insurgency Wing: Ops-K Division (KOEVOET) (South West African Police), aged 22.Killed in action, during a contact with PLAN Insurgents in Northern Owamboland. Member of Koevoet.
1990
36309Constable Godfrey David Mokhothu, S604957K, Free State (South African Police), aged 29.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
1990
37821Special Constable Theunis Jacobus Thabede, S625582K, Riot Unit 8, Pietermaritzburg (South African Police), aged 21.Municipal Police.
1990
38200Constable Brand W Voges, W431189E, Mondeor John Vorster Square Fraud Squad (South African Police), aged 24.Shot dead in his vehicle on the N1 near Johannesburg, after stopping with a flat tyre.
1999
34503Sergeant Milton Dlamini, 481930-6, Gauteng (South African Police), aged 38.Died on active service.
1999
36817Sergeant Le Roy Ngcobo, 498300-9, Western Cape (South African Police), aged 25.Stabbed to death by natives.
2001
36761Inspector Mandlenkosi Phillip Ndzunge, 498745-4, Inanda (South African Police Service), aged 45.Died in the execution of his duty as a member of the South African Police.
2002
36340Superintendent Godfrey David Mokua, 498469-2, Gauteng (South African Police Service), aged 29.Shot dead by natives.
2003
35686Inspector Jacob Johannes Mashau, 605555-9, Head Office (South African Police Service), aged 18.Died in a Motor Vehicle Accident.
2004
35848Captain Joseph Thomas Marule, 516762-1, 18 Dist (Cradock) CE Div (South African Police Service), aged 36.Stabbed to death.
2024
43330Captain Mvundlela, 0497335-6, South African Police Service.Died as a result of their duties.