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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
12484 Kock Hermanus Barend Jacob H B J Burgher Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces Vryheid Commando UDF 1914-12-09
12479 Koch Basil B Trooper Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces UDF 1945-04-24
35234 Koboyapodi Pieter K S E Sergeant South African Police Durban Dog Unit 1996-09-03
35233 Kobe Pieter K R Constable South African Police Durban Dog Unit 1957-03-02
12460 Knott George Cummings G C Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces 1st UDF 1942-07-12
12457 Knoetze Pieter William P W Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1918-10-20
12441 Knight Francis Howard F H Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-07-13
39557 Knight Patrick Charles P C Private Rhodesia Defence Regiment 1st Battalion 1979-12-18
12390 Kleingeld Johannes Petrus J P Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1917-09-23
12372 Klass David Emmanuel D E Lieutenant South African Medical Corps 10 Field Amb. UDF 1941-12-01
12370 Klagsbrun Raymond R Staff Sergeant General Service Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1945-01-19
35220 Klaas Olav J Constable South African Police Ezakheni 1968-12-12
35219 Kjelvei Olav O Major South African Police Ezakheni 1961-06-24
12343 Kitcat Godfrey De Winton G D W Lance Corporal Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-08-02
12334 Kirsten Frederick Johannes F J Private Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces "B" Coy. UDF 1942-07-15
12318 Kirkby John James J J Private Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces 2nd Bn. UDF 1941-12-10
12310 Kirk Alan Everitt Ashby A E A Lieutenant Royal Natal Carbineers, S.A. Forces 1st UDF 1944-07-29
12289 Kinnear Harry H Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1918-10-10
12286 Kinlay James Aloysius J A Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-07-21
12281 Kingswell Sydney William S W Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1917-09-21
12272 Kinghorn Alexander A Bombardier Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery 1st 1918-05-30
12240 King Eric Newton E N Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-12-15
12243 King Frank F Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1918-10-08
12250 King Garnet Douglas G D Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-04-17
12251 King George Henry G H Private South African Railway Overseas Dominion Service 2nd S.A. Rly. Overseas Dominion Section. 1917-09-28
12195 Kidson Eric Montague E M Lance Corporal South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-21
41892 Khanyile Bongani Clifford B C Sergeant South African Infantry Corps 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SANDF 1994-10-06
39545 Keyter Gerrit G Sapper Rhodesian Corps of Engineers 2 Squadron 1978-05-01
12113 Keys Hector Mildenhall H M Trooper South African Armoured Corps UDF 1944-10-17
12110 Key Frederick Aston F A Bombardier Active Citizen Force Artillery Field Ambulance 1914-09-26
12833 Key Douglas Polson D P Lieutenant Royal Engineers 78th Bde. 1915-08-25
12107 Kew Walter Oswald W O Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-30
12081 Kerridge James Wollie J W Sergeant Middlesex Regiment 21st Bn. 1918-03-31
12080 Kerrich Henry Latham H L Lieutenant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 3rd Bn. 1917-09-27
12078 Kerr Neville Stanley Lewis N S L Rifleman Rifle Brigade 11th Bn. 1917-08-08
39541 Kerr James Stewart J S Rifleman Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Battalion 1979-11-22
12073 Kernick Charles Sylvester C S Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 14th Bn. 1917-12-01
12074 Kernick Reginald George R G Second Lieutenant South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1917-10-05
12066 Keogh George Henry G H Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-20
12063 Kenyon Desmond Thomas D T Captain Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-07-02
12056 Kent Robert Boyce Parkes R B P Corporal South African Infantry H.Q. 4th Bde. UDF 1942-06-15
12045 Kenney William Albert W A Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-05-09
12028 Kennedy Kenneth Kyle K K Sergeant South African Horse 4th UDF 1916-09-12
12018 Kendrick Arthur Percy A P Lieutenant King's African Rifles 1st 1917-10-09
12006 Kemp Peter P Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-05-19
12007 Kemp REUBEN FRANCIS McCOY R F M Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1916-07-21
39538 Kembo Marthinus Johannes M J Corporal Rhodesian African Rifles 1st Battalion 1973-08-03
11963 Kelly Albert Jellico A J Gunner South African Artillery 2 Field Regt. UDF 1942-05-29
11966 Kelly Alexander Lawrence A L Corporal South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-10-17
11969 Kelly Fred F Private South African Infantry 3rd Regt. UDF 1917-04-29