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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

DOW — Died of wounds 2,688 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
8017 George Aubrey Reed A R Private Cape Corps 1st 1917-11-27
8025 George Leslie Lawrence L L Lieutenant South African Armoured Corps UDF 1944-09-08
8095 Gibbon Kenneth Sinclair K S Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-25
8097 Gibbons Alfred St. Hill A S H Lieutenant Colonel The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Bn. 1916-07-15
8109 Gibson Clement Roy C R Second Lieutenant General Service Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-03-14
8122 Gibson Philip Hemsworth P H Sergeant Rifle Brigade 1st Bn. 1916-07-10
8127 Gibson William W Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-10-21
8132 Giddey Claude Leslie C L Lance Corporal South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-10-31
30425 Gildenhuys William Henry Bernard W H B Sergeant South African Infantry Corps Cape Town Highlanders Regiment SADF 1977-05-25
8170 Giles Lloyd George L G Private Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces UDF 1945-01-23
8176 Gill Charles William C W Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-19
8190 Gillespie Frederick Joseph F J Sergeant South African Medical Corps 1st Field Amb. UDF 1918-11-12
8193 Gillespie William Brian W B Corporal South African Irish 1st UDF 1941-11-23
8194 Gillett Richmond Edward R E Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 5th Bn. 1916-04-29
8211 Gilroy Alexander A Sergeant South African Infantry 8th Regt. UDF 1917-07-06
8212 Gilruth George G Private 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) 1918-03-28
8218 Ginsberg Fred F Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 1st UDF 1942-10-24
8249 Gleeson John J Sapper South African Signal Service South African Div. Signal Coy. UDF 1916-05-24
8252 Glencross Sydney Godwin S G Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-03-20
8254 Glenney Robert R Sergeant South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-09-23
8260 Glover George Wright G W Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 6th Bn. 1918-09-01
30431 Glover Frank Hill F H Trooper Transvaal Mounted Rifles 7 South African Infantry Battalion 1906-06-13
8267 Glynn-Baker Wilfred Dudley W D Private Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 1st Bn. UDF 1945-04-20
48275 Goddefroy Maruis Theodore M T Burgher Boer Forces Prisoner of War 1901-02-09
39247 Goko Felix F Private Rhodesian African Rifles 2nd Battalion 1979-12-22
8317 Goldie Alexander Wilson A W Lance Corporal South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-04-16
8318 Goldie Barre Herbert B H Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers 1915-04-29
30487 Goma Dawid R Rifleman South West African Territory Force 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SADF 1983-04-10
30490 Goncalves Joao J Rifleman South West African Territory Force 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SADF 1987-06-18
8353 Good Arnold Herbert A H Private 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regiment), S.A. Forces UDF 1915-04-26
8370 Goodfellow Hugh Douglas H D Captain Royal Field Artillery 49th Bde. 1915-12-17
8384 Goodrum Alfred William A W Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1917-09-21
8386 Goodwill Eric Ainsworth E A Lieutenant Royal Air Force 42nd Sqdn. 1918-11-03
8389 Goodwin Erdington E Lieutenant New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion 1918-08-28
8390 Goodwin Herbert H Sergeant South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1917-09-28
8407 Gopane David D Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-01-28
8412 Gordon Arthur Forbes A F Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders 1st Bn. 1918-04-18
8437 Gordon William Henry W H Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-08-04
30501 Gordon-Gray Gordon G Lieutenant South African Field Artillery Armoured Corps 1922-03-11
8481 Gouws Jan Albasini J A Lieutenant Imperial Light Horse/Kimberley Regiment, S.A.Forces UDF 1944-07-26
30510 Gouws Paulus P Corporal South African Cape Corps 1 Sa Cape SADF 1984-11-14
38532 Gouws Ockert Jacobus O J Private Group 6 H.q. 1986-09-05
39358 Govo Benjamin Joseph D Private Rhodesian African Rifles Depot 1979-09-07
8501 Gow Thomas Porteous T P Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-07-27
8509 Gowthorpe Royle William R W Sergeant South African Medical Corps UDF 1942-06-21
8512 Gqibitole Kabela Daniel K D Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-03-01
8524 Grace Ronald Lloyd R L Lance Bombardier South African Artillery 1 A.A. Regt. UDF 1944-05-24
8525 Grace Richard Oscar R O Rifleman Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces 2nd UDF 1941-07-26
8527 Grace Thomas Alfred Henry T A H Gunner South African Heavy Artillery 73rd Siege Bty. 1917-04-09
8538 Graham Eric Montrose E M Lieutenant South Wales Borderers 1st Bn. 1915-04-02