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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

KIA — Killed in action 14,414 records

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# Last Name First Name Initials Rank Regiment Unit Force Date of Death
4840 Currin Rodney Archibald R A Captain South African Armoured Corps UDF 1944-09-16
4843 Curtis Edward John E J Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-04-12
4846 Curtis Ralph Beardwood R B Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-10-20
4848 Curtis Sydney Herbert S H Private South African Horse 2nd UDF 1916-03-10
4851 Curtis-Setchell Basil Roy B R Lieutenant South African Artillery UDF 1944-05-17
4853 Curzon Fitzroy Edmund Penn F E P Lieutenant Colonel Royal Irish Rifles 6th Bn. Royal Irish Regiment 1916-09-09
46287 Cuse Carl Albert Ludwig C A L Burgher Boer Forces Pretoria Commando 1900-03-06
46940 Cuse C. A. L. C A L Burgher Boer Forces Pretoria Commando 1900-03-06
4855 Cusens Alexander Adolphus A A Air Sergeant South African Air Force 12 Sqdn. UDF 1940-09-03
40635 Cuthbert James Harold J Captain Scots Guards 1st Bn. 1915-09-27
4860 Cuthbertson Robert Clelland R C Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-04-09
39179 Cutmore Brian Noel B N Sergeant Rhodesian Air Force 7 Sqdn. 1979-01-02
4864 Cyrus Edgar E Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1917-09-20
4867 Cyster Japie J Private Cape Corps, S.A. Forces UDF 1942-07-17
30182 DALA or DULLA Teofora T Rifleman 5 Reconnaissance Regiment United Nations Monuc Mission SADF 1983-10-21
29895 Da Costa Almerindo Mourao A M Staff Sergeant 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SADF 1980-02-25
29898 Da Silva Afonso A Rifleman South West African Territory Force 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SADF 1978-02-03
4873 Dacomb Frank Eric F E Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1916-10-12
4877 Dadford Ernest John Emmett E J E Corporal Special Service Battalion, S.A. Forces UDF 1945-04-19
46939 Daffie Petrus P Burgher Boer Forces Griqualand West Commando 1900-02-16
4880 Dafidi Private Rhodesia Native Regiment 1917-08-30
4881 Dagnin Horace Andrew H A Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-09-20
46938 Dahlen Johannes J Burgher Boer Forces Scandinavian corps Commando 1899-12-11
4887 Dakin Sydney Leonard S L Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1917-04-12
29912 Dala Gabriel G Rifleman South West African Territory Force 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SADF 1987-11-11
29913 Dala Joao J Rifleman South West African Territory Force 32 (Buffalo) Battalion SADF 1984-01-10
29914 Dala Joao J Rifleman South West African Territory Force 31 (Bushman) Battalion SADF 1987-01-01
29916 Dala Kefas Kalenga L Corporal South West African Territory Force 31 (Bushman) Battalion SADF 1984-03-12
29917 Dala Kefas Kalenga L Rifleman South West African Territory Force 31 (Bushman) Battalion SADF 1984-03-17
4890 Dale George Eric G E Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-09-20
4894 Dale Thomas T Private Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces UDF 1945-04-16
29918 Dale Peter Warren P W Major Royal Corps of Signals 31 (Bushman) Battalion SADF 1976-05-16
46937 Dalebout Jan (jacob) Konstand , Ass Field Cornet J ( K , A F C Burgher Boer Forces Harrismith Commando 1900-12-25
4896 Daleski Cyril Saul C S Warrant Officer Class II South African Air Force 12 Sqdn. UDF 1944-04-25
29919 Dalgleish Kenneth George K G Flight Sergeant South African Air Force 19 Sqdn. SADF 1982-01-05
4905 Dall John Hilson Halliburton J H H Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. UDF 1917-04-12
4906 Dall Thomas Archibald Hugh T A H Corporal South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1916-07-18
4907 Dall William MacDonald W M Private South African Infantry 4th Regt. UDF 1917-09-20
41417 Dallamore Laurence Westerford L W Trooper Imperial Light Horse 2nd Permanent Bty. 1922-03-11
4910 Dally Paul Spencer P S Pilot Officer Royal Air Force 58 Sqdn. 1940-10-03
4911 Dalmane Henry Alfred H A Private South African Infantry 5th Regt. UDF 1917-01-29
4914 Dalrymple-Clark Douglas Scott D S Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th Bn. 1916-09-15
4917 Dalton John J Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces UDF 1944-07-26
4918 Dalton John Pearis J P Private South African Infantry 1st Regt. UDF 1916-10-13
4919 Dalton Kenneth Charles K C Second Lieutenant South African Air Force 34 Sqdn. UDF 1945-04-04
46936 Dalvey Petrus P Burgher Boer Forces 1900-02-16
4922 Daly Gregory Victor G V Corporal Natal Light Horse "B" Sqdn. 1914-11-18
4925 Dalzell-Walton Hubert Pulteney H P Lieutenant Colonel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 8th Bn. 1916-09-09
39183 Dambusa Joseph J District Assistant Internal Affairs 1st Battalion 1974-04-30
4929 Damerell Norman Edmund N E Chief Officer Merchant Navy S.S. Harpagus (London) 1941-05-20