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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 2,734 records

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Force Date of Death
28333 Wilkins James Simmonds J S Private 1st South African Infantry UDF 1918-03-25
28338 Wilkinson Dudley Albert D A Lieutenant 55 (R.A.F.) Squadron UDF 1943-07-06
28347 Wilkinson Samuel William S W Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 237th Siege Bty. UK 1918-04-09
33870 Willemse Alfred Robert A R Sapper 2 Field Engineer Regiment SADF 1975-12-11
28370 Willey David D Private 1st South African Infantry UDF 1917-04-06
28413 Williams Eric George E G Private Royal Natal Carbineers 1st UDF 1944-06-04
28419 Williams Frederick Charles F C Private 3rd South African Infantry UDF 1917-05-04
28422 Williams Frederick James F J Sapper South African Engineer Corps (Corps) 5 Field Coy. UDF 1942-10-27
28427 Williams Frederick William F W Lieutenant South African Artillery (Corps) 1/6 Field Regiment UDF 1944-07-30
28429 Williams Guy G Lieutenant General List 3rd/2nd King's African Rifles 1917-08-07
28435 Williams George G Private Cape Corps 1st UDF 1918-09-23
28442 Williams Hugh H Second Lieutenant 4th South African Infantry UDF 1917-04-17
28455 Williams Jack J Private 3rd South African Infantry "B" Coy. UDF 1916-05-17
28486 Williams John Howard J H Lieutenant Rhodesia Native Regiment UK 1917-08-19
28497 Williams Mervyn M Lance Corporal Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles 1st UDF 1941-02-22
28509 Williams Raymond Gordon R G Private Cape Town Highlanders UDF 1942-12-16
28513 Williams S Private Natal Light Horse UDF 1915-04-27
28515 Williams Samuel S Private 3rd South African Infantry UDF 1917-01-09
28521 Williams Vivian Ernest Bramwell V E B Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Bn. UK 1917-04-20
28532 Williams Zacharias Joseph Z J Private 2nd South African Infantry UDF 1918-10-21
41285 Williams Benjamin Huntsman B H Field Reservist British South Africa Police British South Africa Police RSF 1978-08-03
28533 Williamson Andrew A Private Cape Corps UDF 1942-02-04
28537 Williamson Harry Cant H Private 1st South African Infantry UDF 1918-04-15
28541 Williamson William W Lance Corporal 4th South African Infantry UDF 1918-05-18
28549 Willis Jack Zeeman J Z Sergeant South African Medical Corps (Corps) UDF 1945-09-23
28552 Willis Reginald Newton R N Private 8th South African Infantry UDF 1917-07-26
28561 Wills Edward John E J Corporal Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 3rd Bn. NZ 1917-10-05
28566 Willson Hugh Ernest H E Private 4th South African Infantry UDF 1917-10-25
28610 Wilson Gavain Colborne Campbell G C C Private Norfolk Regiment 1st Bn. UK 1916-09-04
28612 Wilson Gordon Farquharson G F Sergeant 1st South African Infantry UDF 1917-09-24
28614 Wilson Hamish Blacklock Bowen H B B Lieutenant Royal Air Force UK 1918-07-18
28624 Wilson James Alexander J A 2nd Corporal New Zealand Engineers Divisional Signal Coy. NZ 1917-12-14
28626 Wilson John Fleming J F Private 4th South African Infantry UDF 1917-09-23
28629 Wilson James Ross J R Private 3rd South African Infantry UDF 1917-04-25
28660 Wilson Walter Weldon W W Corporal 1st South African Infantry UDF 1917-04-04
38959 Wilson Peter Blackadder P B Sapper Rhodesian Corps of Engineers (Corps) 4 Squadron, Rhodesian Corps of Engineers RSF 1979-07-08
28684 Winfield Francis Leslie F L Private Natal Light Horse UDF 1914-12-18
28699 Winter Robert Harold R H Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 10th Bn. UK 1915-12-17
28700 Winter Walter Robert W R Private 4th South African Infantry UDF 1917-04-14
28718 Witbooi Gilbert G Private Cape Corps UDF 1944-01-28
28729 Withers John J Lance Corporal 10th South African Infantry UDF 1916-03-08
28734 Wittenberg Cyril Harold C H Trooper South African Armoured Corps (Corps) 4th Armoured Car Regiment UDF 1942-02-14
28738 Wocke Eugene Henry E H Lieutenant South African Artillery (Corps) 22 Field Regiment UDF 1944-09-03
33899 Wolhuter G H Lance Corporal South African Air Force (Corps) 1 South African Infantry Battalion SADF 1979-10-15
40591 Wollner Manfred Josef M J Rifleman Rhodesia Regiment 4th Battalion RSF 1979-04-13
40592 Wonyana M J Private Rhodesian African Rifles 1st Battalion UK 1956-07-19
28787 Wood Robert Bruce R B Private 4th South African Infantry "B" Coy. UDF 1918-04-17
28814 Woodroffe Leslie Nicholas L N Private 4th South African Infantry UDF 1918-04-22
28828 Woods William Charles Stanley W C S Lance Corporal First City/Cape Town Highlanders UDF 1944-11-26
28829 Woods Walter James W J Captain King's African Rifles 1st/2nd Bn. UK 1917-04-24