Deaths by Cause of Death

Short codes for statistics. KIA, MIA and DOW are the combat set; the rest group accidents, disease, and other deaths. The long narrative stays on each person record.

KIA — Killed in action MIA — Missing in action DOW — Died of wounds KOAS — Killed on active service DOAS — Died on active service POW — Died as prisoner of war FF — Friendly fire DUTY — Died on duty MVA — Motor vehicle accident AA — Aircraft accident DROW — Drowned SEA — Lost at sea ACC — Accident SHOT — Shot MURD — Murdered SUIC — Suicide DIS — Died of disease NAT — Natural causes DISCH — Died after discharge UNK — Unknown

Died of blackwater fever 225 records

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Force Date of Death
126 Adams Frans F Leader Military Labour Corps 1917-05-17
182 Adams William Ernest W E Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-08-12
524 Andrews Charles C Donkey Driver South African Native Labour Bureau UDF 1917-06-01
948 Baker Harry H Corporal South African Horse 3rd UDF 1916-11-23
1177 Barnier John Eugene J E Private South African Pioneers UDF 1917-12-04
1234 Bartis Charles James C J Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1917-03-21
1290 Bateman Gladstone G Lance Corporal Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Bn. 1918-07-04
1408 Beck George G Sapper South African Signal Service Divisional Signal Coy. UDF 1919-02-22
1417 Becker Arthur Johannes A J Private South African Infantry 7th Regt. UDF 1918-01-25
1418 Becker Denis D Private Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Bn. 1916-05-07
1500 Bell Francis Charles Eric F C E Despatch Rider South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1917-11-20
1504 Bell James Francis J F Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1917-02-06
1811 Bingham Thomas T Staff Sergeant South African Service Corps Supplies UDF 1918-05-26
2148 Borradaile Gavin Rice G R Private British South African Police 1918-04-13
2188 Boswell Benjamin B Private South African Pioneers UDF 1918-05-03
2273 Botha Pieter Willem P W Sapper South African Engineer Corps UDF 1941-07-14
2298 Bothamley James Powell J P Lieutenant South African Rifles 2nd UDF 1916-12-28
2316 Boucher Frank F Private South African Horse 9th UDF 1917-06-19
2318 Boucher Thomas T Private South African Medical Corps UDF 1918-01-28
2559 Bretagne Robert R Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1917-09-28
2601 Bright Richard R Sergeant East African Supply Corps 1919-04-16
2681 Bronkhorst Abraham Jacobus A J Private South African Infantry 10th Regt. UDF 1916-11-21
2726 Brotherton Samuel Perrott S P Corporal South African Mounted Brigade Scouts 2nd UDF 1916-08-19
2858 Browning Herbert John H J Sergeant South African Signal Service UDF 1918-05-01
3037 Burgess John Alfred J A Gunner South African Rifles 2nd UDF 1917-03-15
3087 Burns William Robert W R Private South African Medical Corps UDF 1918-05-13
3099 Burrowes John J Private South African Horse 4th UDF 1916-12-23
3458 Carswell James Cook J C Corporal South African Rifles 1st UDF 1916-09-17
3479 Carter Noel Conway N C Corporal South African Horse 2nd UDF 1917-02-21
3601 Chandler Harry H Sapper South African Pioneers UDF 1918-12-15
3825 Chubb Frank F Sapper South African Engineers UDF 1917-04-29
4125 Coetzee Dick Johannes D J Rifleman South African Rifles 2nd UDF 1917-04-21
4184 Coetzer Willem Johannes W J Private South African Horse 7th UDF 1917-02-04
4312 Comaroff Harry H Private British South African Police 1917-08-16
4356 Connolly Francis Julian F J Private South African Infantry 6th Regt. UDF 1917-03-25
4681 Crocker Henry Robert H R Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-05-12
4901 Dalgleish James Edwin J E Sergeant South African Rifles 1st UDF 1917-11-21
5192 Dawson Joseph Trewitt J T Sergeant South African Horse 4th UDF 1917-03-11
5214 Dayton Archibald Louie A L Lance Corporal South African Horse 4th UDF 1916-07-18
5233 De Beer Mattas Johannes Adrian M J A Dresser South African Veterinary Corps 1918-01-07
5530 Delport Michael Daniel M D Private South African Rifles 1st UDF 1917-12-28
5577 Denyssen Henry J H J Corporal South African Horse 2nd UDF 1916-07-11
5789 Dix Victor Alfred V A Private South African Infantry 10th Regt. UDF 1917-03-08
5813 Dixon William W Fireman Merchant Navy S.S. Laurendoc 1943-04-18
5895 Donnelly Joseph J Sergeant Major South African Infantry 5th Regt. UDF 1917-10-28
6007 Dreyer John Frederick J F Corporal Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 237 Sqdn. 1940-10-28
6019 Driscoll Michael M Private General and Base Depots, S.A. Forces Base Depot Coy. (Durban) UDF 1917-03-10
6130 Du Preez Dirk Johannes D J Sapper South African Mounted Engineers UDF 1917-12-19
6232 Duffield Cecil Henry C H Sapper South African Mounted Engineers UDF 1917-12-19
6332 Duthie James Allan J A Private South African Veterinary Corps 1917-10-08

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