PDF

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

Filter this list

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
16812 Mizen Leonard L Trooper South African Tank Corps 4th Armoured Car Regt. UDF 1942-02-24
16776 Mitchell George Smith G S Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Bn. 1916-07-05
16778 Mitchell Herbert Bingham H B Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Bn. 1941-11-23
16782 Mitchell James Howard J H Driver South African Heavy Artillery 75th (Natal) Siege Bty. 1917-09-08
16763 Misquith Juan Carlos J C Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 102nd Bde. 1917-02-04
16734 Milward Ivor George I G Lance Corporal Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-06-07
16719 Milne Harry Haywood H H Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1917-05-09
16721 Milne John William J W Private Royal Engineers Establishment for Engineer Services 1918-06-30
16700 Mills Ernest E Private South African Rifles 2nd UDF 1916-07-24
16702 Mills Frank Elton F E Second Lieutenant South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-04-05
16706 Mills G F Corporal South African Tank Corps 6th Armoured Car Regt. UDF 1941-11-26
16642 Miller Cedric Austin C A Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-04-10
16650 Miller Gordon Stanley Reed G S R Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 6th Bn. 1916-12-24
16662 Miller Jack Campbell J C Sergeant South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-05-29
16684 Miller Walter W Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-10-26
16686 Miller William Edward W E Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th Bn. 1916-07-17
16628 Miles William Edward W E Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-10-08
16605 Midgley Rowland Richard R R Corporal South African Engineer Corps UDF 1942-06-07
16597 Middleton James Russell J R Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 11th Sqdn. 1917-06-21
16598 Middleton Wilbur Edgar W E Captain South African Engineer Corps 11 Field Coy. UDF 1944-09-11
16581 Michaels Henry H Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-03-22
39823 Mhawo Clever C Guard Guard Force Protected Village Protection Group 1978-11-16
16468 Meyer Christiaan Johannes Westerford C J W Private Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-07-17
16487 Meyer John Cloete J C Private South African Rifles 2nd UDF 1917-02-12
16463 Mey Michael Jacobus M J Corporal Imperial Light Horse, S.A. Forces 1st UDF 1941-07-28
16445 Meth Frantz F Lance Corporal South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1917-10-26
16435 Messenger Wilfrid Chaundler W C Captain Rifle Brigade 12th Bn. 1917-09-16
16411 Meredith Dudley Owen D O Corporal South African Tank Corps 7th Reconnaissance Bn. UDF 1942-06-20
16408 Mercer Mervyn Louis Emerson M L E Lieutenant South African Intelligence Corps UDF 1917-08-07
16402 Menzies Ernest E Sergeant Northumberland Fusiliers "C" Coy. 1st/6th Bn. 1917-10-18
16403 Menzies William Patterson W P Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-04-12
31863 Mentz Michiel Daniel Johannes M D J Rifleman South African Infantry Corps Regiment Bloemspruit SADF 1977-10-03
16390 Mennie Cornelius C Private South African Infantry 7th Regt. UDF 1916-03-12
16382 Mendelsohn John Moss J M Lance Corporal Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces 2nd Bn. UDF 1942-01-21
16377 Melvin John Leslie J L Sapper South African Engineer Corps 11 Field Coy. UDF 1943-01-17
31854 Meissenheimer Pieter Johannes Jacobus P J J Corporal South African Corps of Signals Army Gymnasium SADF 1986-10-22
31849 Meir (meyersohn) Yonathan (john) Y Lieutenant Colonel Israeli Defence Forces Medical Corps 1976-07-23
16326 Mein John Moffat J M Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. 1918-10-09
16320 Meester Hendrik H Sergeant South African Engineer Corps 3 Field Coy. UDF 1942-10-27
36079 Meeba Mpinzi M M Constable South African Police Mpumalanga 1969-04-23
16315 Medlin Bertram Westley B W Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-17
16313 Medcalf Frederick George F G Lance Corporal Australian Engineers 2nd Div. Signal Coy. 1917-10-29
16307 Mears-Devenish John Augustus J A Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 12th Bn. 1918-03-22
16305 Mearns John J Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-04-16
16296 Mead Sydney Herbert S H Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-09-20
16275 Mdaweni John J Private Native Military Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-05-11
16260 McVEAN Hugh Cumberford H C Lance Corporal South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-03-31
16253 McQUEEN Oscar O Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-04-11
16246 McPHERSON Cluny C Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st/5th Bn. 1917-11-02
16248 McPHERSON John J Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-04-19