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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
11294 Johnson Lawrence L Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-14
11303 Johnson Oswald Percy O P Private South African Medical Corps UDF 1918-12-05
11315 Johnson Samuel S Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-01-28
11316 Johnson September S Driver Cape Auxiliary Horse Transport 1918-10-28
11317 Johnson Samuel Edwin S E Private South African Horse 4th UDF 1917-06-30
11318 Johnson Thomas T Private Cape Coloured Labour Regiment 1st 1917-04-10
11323 Johnson Walter Benjamin Coote W B C Driver South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-01-29
41445 Johnson Ernest Spencer E S Staff Sergeant Cape Mounted Rifles "E" Sqdn. 1913-01-25
41695 Johnson Charles Wilhelmus C W Corporal Union Defence Forces H.q. UDF 1957-08-10
11235 Johnsen George G Corporal Cape Corps 1st 1917-02-19
11228 Johnathan Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1918-10-28
11218 John Christopher Lawrence C L Corporal South African Indian Bearer Corps 1st 1917-05-12
10786 Johannes Jackson J Donkey Driver Military Labour Corps 1917-04-09
11212 Johannes Esau E Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-16
11214 Johannes Jacobus J Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-13
11203 Joe Driver South African Native Labour Corps Transport and Remounts UDF 1915-12-18
11199 Jobelela Dick D Mule Driver Military Labour Corps 1917-05-02
11198 Jobela Breakfast B Private South African Native Labour Corps UDF 1918-06-15
11197 Job Moses M Private Cape Corps 1st 1918-10-07
11192 Jiya John J Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-02-11
30863 Jiya Avril W R Lance Corporal SA Army 6 South African Infantry Battalion SANDF 1998-11-30
11191 Jim Labourer South African Engineer Corps UDF 1915-07-10
11189 Jezile Eddie E Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1943-07-07
11186 Jewell Mathew William Henry M W H Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 74th Siege Bty. 1918-10-11
11183 Jewele George G Labourer South African Native Labour Bureau UDF 1916-11-02
35063 Jerling Marthinus Johannes M J Constable South African Police 14 Dist (Port Elizabeth) CE Div 1918-10-21
11172 Jere Siner S Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1945-06-02
11171 Jeptha Joseph J Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-08-14
11170 Jeppe Ferdinand Alexander F A Lieutenant Royal Air Force Armament School (Uxbridge) 1918-10-22
11166 Jensen Lauritz Olaf L O Sergeant South African Service Corps M.t. UDF 1918-12-04
11167 Jensen Max Alfred M A Private South African Infantry 7th Regt. UDF 1916-03-18
11153 Jenner Joseph J Corporal Military Labour Bureau, S.A. Forces UDF 1919-01-03
11154 Jenner Roderick Douglas R D Private South African Irish 1st UDF 1941-09-27
11146 Jenkins Wilson W Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1920-07-01
11128 Jeftha Hendrik H Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-17
11127 Jeftas Samuel S Private Cape Corps 1st 1916-08-03
48588 Jefferys S F Private SADF 1979-08-17
11106 Jassinowsky Abraham A Captain South African Medical Corps UDF 1918-10-23
11104 Jasnovsky Jacobs J Private South African Infantry 8th Regt. UDF 1918-08-13
11101 Jarvis Henry James H J Air Mechanic South African Air Force UDF 1942-02-27
11102 Jarvis Reginald R Private South African Signal Service South African Div. Signal Coy. UDF 1916-11-15
11087 Jardien Harmon H Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-10
11077 Jantjes John J Driver South African Native Labour Bureau UDF 1916-10-17
11054 Jansen Frederick Andries F A Private South African Infantry 11th Regt. UDF 1916-11-16
11057 Jansen John J Lance Corporal Cape Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1945-06-25
11061 Jansen Johannes Franz J F Constable South African Mounted Rifles 5th Regt. UDF 1918-10-22
11062 Jansen John George J G Air Mechanic South African Air Force UDF 1942-02-20
11067 Jansen Martin John M J Private Cape Corps 2nd 1918-10-09
11046 Janse Van Rensburg Willem Sternberg W S Air Mechanic South African Air Force UDF 1941-08-03
35045 Janse Van Rensburg Deon D South African Police 1a Dist (Cape Town) CW Div 2006-01-07