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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

DIS — Died of disease 6,007 records

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Options list values that appear for this cause. The unit list shows the most common units — pick a regiment to see every unit in that regiment. Combine filters freely — for example KIA + SADF + 1987.

# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Force Date of Death
4573 Cowan Robert Hamilton R H Private Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces Brand's Free State Rifles UDF 1915-03-07
4584 Cowie Cecil Rhodes C R Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-12-03
4593 Cowley Edward Robert John E R J Trooper South African Horse 1st UDF 1916-12-10
40354 Cowley Cornelius Johannes C J Constable South African Police 1st Battalion 1918-01-30
4597 Cowlin Hugh Houghton H H Trooper South African Horse 4th UDF 1916-06-02
4605 Cox Pieter Andries P A Constable South African Military Constabulary 2nd 1918-11-12
4618 Cozens Arthur Joseph A J Private South African Infantry 8th Regt. UDF 1917-06-19
29864 Cragg Joseph J Sergeant Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces Hq UDF 1948-03-05
4634 Craill George Sebastian G S Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-21
4636 Cramer Augustus Henry Marmaduke A H M Lieutenant South African Native Labour Corps UDF 1919-09-29
4644 Crampton William W Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-10-22
4647 Cranna Alexander A Corporal South African Medical Corps UDF 1918-10-23
4656 Crawley Edward Harold E H Corporal South African Medical Corps UDF 1917-02-04
34376 Cray Jack J Lance Corporal South African Police 33 Dist (Harrismith) OFS Div 1918-11-08
34377 Cremer Jack H L W Sergeant South African Police 33 Dist (Harrismith) OFS Div 1988-02-08
4669 Crew Alfred A Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-11-29
4671 Crews Frank F Colour Sergeant 10th Infantry (Witwatersrand Rifles) 1915-06-13
4674 Cridlan Ernest Joseph E J Sapper South African Pioneers UDF 1919-06-05
4681 Crocker Henry Robert H R Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-05-12
4685 Crocombe Francis F Private South African Pioneers UDF 1917-07-30
4690 Crofts Charles Dymock C D Captain South African Intelligence Corps UDF 1944-07-02
31161 Cromhout Coenraad Cornelius C C Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. UDF 1924-08-20
4699 Cronje Andrew A Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-09
29879 Cronje Karel Johan K J Rifleman South African Infantry Corps 5 South African Infantry Battalion SADF 1981-04-19
4716 Cropper Thomas T Private South African Native Labour Bureau attd. East Africa Pioneer Corps UDF 1917-07-06
4734 Crossland Alfred A Private Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Bn. 1916-09-23
4738 Crossley Charles Samuel C S Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-31
4748 Crouse Johannes Theodorus J T Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-22
4754 Crowe Albert Edward A E Dresser South African Veterinary Corps 1916-11-28
4767 Crozier Willie W Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-11-10
4777 Crutchley Harry William H W Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-06-20
4780 Cububuzana Suka S Lance Corporal South African Native Labour Corps UDF 1918-11-22
4785 Cullen Frederick David F D Signaller South African Field Post and Telegraph Corps 1915-02-14
4794 Culverwell Edward E Private Essential Services Protection Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-07-26
4800 Cummings Douglas Gordon Clarke D G C Trooper 5th Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse) 1918-10-04
4801 Cummings Joseph Francis J F Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 2nd Regt. UDF 1914-12-07
4802 Cummings Melville G M G Private British South African Police 1915-12-09
4804 Cuninghame Boyd Alexander B A Major Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Bn. 1917-03-16
4808 Cunningham Leslie Herbert L H Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-11
4810 Cunningham Robert R Sergeant Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces UDF 1918-05-17
4820 Cupido John J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-04-05
4821 Cupido Koos K Private Indian and Malay Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-07-27
4824 Curling Harold Cecil H C Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 1st Regt. UDF 1919-05-25
4829 Currie Alfred William Ogilvie A W O Sergeant Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1947-10-25
4832 Currie Horatio Charles H C Lieutenant Special List 1918-04-24
4837 Currie William Cole W C Corporal East African Veterinary Corps 1915-07-25
4841 Currin Richard William R W Lieutenant Colonel South African Coast Defence Corps 1942-06-12
29892 Cursley Frank F Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1923-02-24
4863 Cutting George Frank Christian G F C Staff Sergeant Q Service Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-01-02
4868 Cyster Jan J J J Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1946-04-28