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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 6,008 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
4618 Cozens Arthur Joseph A J Private 8th Regt. UDF 1917-06-19
4605 Cox Pieter Andries P A Constable South African Military Constabulary 2nd 1918-11-12
4597 Cowlin Hugh Houghton H H Trooper South African Horse 4th UDF 1916-06-02
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
4584 Cowie Cecil Rhodes C R Driver M.t. UDF 1918-12-03
4573 Cowan Robert Hamilton R H Private Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces Brand's Free State Rifles UDF 1915-03-07
4567 Coverly Kenneth Wesley K W Private UDF 1942-01-16
4557 Cousins Alfred Henry Valentine A H V Sergeant UDF 1918-11-11
29854 Cousens Francis Reginald F R Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 4th Regt. UDF 1913-08-05
4553 Court Charles Sidney C S Staff Sergeant East African Pay Corps 1920-12-10
4552 Couper James Dick J D Sergeant UDF 1918-11-28
4541 Coull Alexander A Quartermaster Sergeant South African Pioneers UDF 1918-01-24
4536 Cotton Richard John R J Private Cape Corps 1st 1916-05-23
4533 Cottier William W Private 9th Regt. UDF 1917-01-28
4517 Cornwall John Robert J R Air Mechanic UDF 1942-08-15
4503 Cornelissen Stephen Johannes S J Farrier Sergeant South African Military Constabulary 1st 1918-10-20
4501 Corne John Hendrick William J H W Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1919-04-09
4497 Cormack Alexander McIntosh A M Private Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Bn. 1917-02-14
4456 Cooper Herbert Theophilus H T Private South African Div. Signal Coy. UDF 1916-09-25
4459 Cooper Johannes J Private 2nd Regt. UDF 1919-02-22
4464 Cooper Percy John P J Gunner South African Field Artillery 1919-03-25
4467 Cooper Sidney Sinclair S S Private South African Horse 4th UDF 1916-12-03
34366 Cooper Daniel D Constable South African Police "E" Bn. 1969-01-17
4435 Coon James J Lance Corporal Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-09
4431 Coombes Edward James E J Sapper South African Div. Signal Coy. UDF 1916-08-10
4428 Coombe Edward Merton E M Corporal UDF 1945-06-29
4422 Cooke Robins William R W Conductor Animal Transport UDF 1920-07-30
4397 Cook Frederick Groom Fraser F G F Corporal South African Motor Cyclist Corps 1918-10-26
4401 Cook James J Burgher Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces Waterberg Commando UDF 1915-05-15
4407 Cook Robert John Ryder R J R Sapper Royal Engineers 3rd Pontoon Park 1919-02-19
39193 Cook Richard Albert J Sergeant M.t. UDF 1918-12-17
4380 Constance Frederick Minieri F M Sapper South African Pioneers UDF 1918-12-02
39633 Consol Maphios M Labourer Keep Protection UDF 1915-08-31
4373 Conry Ernest E Private 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-21
4367 Conradie David Gideon D G Private 2nd Regt. UDF 1917-03-05
4369 Conradie David Phillippus D P Private Central Army Training Depot, S.A.Forces UDF 1942-05-17
40780 Conradie Carel Phillipus C P Rifleman 9th Infantry (Prince of Wales' Own Regiment of Cape Peninsula Rifles) Keep Protection 1918-10-23
4366 Conradi Oscar Frederick O F Sergeant UDF 1921-04-24
4360 Connor Cecil Rhodes C R Gunner South African Field Artillery 5th Bty. 1917-07-14
4356 Connolly Francis Julian F J Private 6th Regt. UDF 1917-03-25
4347 Conlon Eric George Francis E G F Lieutenant UDF 1945-10-06
4343 Conchar Andrew Alexander A A Private 4th Regt. UDF 1919-02-19
4326 Commerford Henry John H J Gunner Cape Garrison Artillery 1918-10-13
4324 Comins Edgar Bentley E B Private Natal Scottish, S.A. Forces 3rd Bn. UDF 1946-02-19
4323 Comerford Edgar E Private 4th Regt. UDF 1918-10-13
4319 Combrink Stephanus Louis S L Private 7th Regt. UDF 1917-09-07
48610 Combrink Sybrand Lukas Jacobus S L J Corporal South African Commandos Witbank Commando SADF 1978-08-21
4313 Combe James J Sergeant UDF 1943-08-17
4312 Comaroff Harry H Private British South African Police 1917-08-16