Stories

Date	#	Person	Story
25 June 2006	47614	Burgher Hercules Jophannes Anderson Ladybrand Commando · 1900-02-20	Alexander O Anderson (always known as Alick) died of dysentery at Intombi Hospital Camp on 29 January 1900 during the Siege of Ladysmith. He was a trooper in the Natal Border Mounted Rifles, of which unit his stepfather… — Rosemary Dixon Smith
22 June 2006	33395	Corporal Leon Van Buisbergen 6 South African Infantry Battalion · 1985-02-17	Leon, missed you all these years. It's been 22 years, time flys. I have wonderful schoolboy memories with Mark, you & I. Such a pity we could not build on them. Such a friggin waste. — Gary Coetzee
22 June 2006	33089	Lance Corporal Wouter Theron Steenkamp 4 South African Infantry Battalion · 1984-01-04	Wouter, ek dink aan jou. Ek onthou nog goed die oggend voor die voorval; toe ons nog lekker saam gelag het. Wat daarna gebeur het sit ongelukkig nog steeds met my... — Gary Coetzee
21 June 2006	31181	Rifleman Nicolaas Johannes Kruger South African Engineer Corps (Corps) · 1980-06-27	Niekie was my best friend on the border at Ondangwa. I was a sapper and he a storm-pioneer. While sweeping for landmines at Okatope, where the terrs had blown up the telephone line and posts, he stood on a anti-personal… — Petrus Schoeman
16 June 2006	31381	Lance Corporal Johan Adam Lotriet South African Armoured Corps (Corps) · 1988-01-05	He died in the vicinity north of Oshakati Magda Daffue
16 June 2006	30162	Rifleman Evert Phillipus Du Toit 4 South African Infantry Battalion · 1982-02-05	Rfn E.P. du Toit was killed in an explosives accident- SWA Border Koakoveld. 4 SAI Assault Pioneer- Middelburg Unknown
11 June 2006	29401	Able Seaman Gilbert Timothy Benjamin SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	G T Benjamin , lost their lives after the collision and whilst abandoning ship. Of these last named two only CPO Webb?s body was recovered after being sighted by SAS Protea on the morning of 19 February. See the full st…
08 June 2006	11140	Lieutenant Brian Desmond Jenkins 4 Squadron · 1944-08-05	Shot at a roadblock. — John Dovey
08 June 2006	33037	Rifleman Francis William John Snyman 7 South African Infantry Battalion · 1979-02-21	Frank Snyman was a driver from 7SAI and died when the Bedford he was driving hit a land mine outside Oshakati in 1979 Dan Symon
26 May 2006	30684	Bombardier Clinton Hendricks 10 Anti Aircraft Regiment · 1988-02-25	Clinton was killed in Angola near Cuito and he was a Bombardier in the Anti-Aircraft SAM-7 team unit of 61 Mech. — Martin Jonker
15 May 2006	31191	Rifleman Patrick Kudumo 902 Battalion · 1984-03-04	This person might be Fanny Truss b 1855, daughter of George Truss and Mary Lamb. She was a nurse, possibly nursing troops during the Boer war. — Harry Truss
19 April 2006	47448	Burgher Andries Josephus, Jnr Beytel Heidelberg Commando · 1900-12-26	Andries Josephus Beytel was 23 years and 10 months old when he 'fell in action on the veld' at Leeuwspruit, dist Heidelberg, Tvl on 26 December 2006. He was survived by his wife, Elzie Johanna (nee Bekker), his parents…
17 April 2006	32386	Gunner Daniel Pieter Oosthuizen 4 South African Infantry Battalion · 1983-11-06	Danie Oosthuizen was a number 3 on a 127 mm rocket launcher. He trained as we all did in Potch at 14 Field Regt as a gunner and when we made the transition to the launchers he continued as a no 3. We were on our way to… — Anton Welz
05 April 2006	26651	Flight Sergeant Pieter Daniel Hugo Van Der Merwe South African Air Force (Corps) · 1946-03-01	'n grafsteen ter herdenking van A.W. Roselt, wie se ouers in Delft Nederland gebore was, is in die Uitenhage begraafplaas. Daar word genoem dat hy begraaf is in: 'Rosenekal' Transvaal . [Ek neem aan dit moet 'Roosendal'…
04 April 2006	22539	Private John Leon Scott 4th South African Infantry · 1918-04-20	John James McGee born Manchester Ancoats 1873 of Irish parents( patrick and Ann). Enlisted 1891 in the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. He was given the rank of private and number 3119. He was reported as being wound… — Terence Caine
02 April 2006	33411	Rifleman Jacobus Alwyn Van Der Berg South African Infantry Corps (Corps) · 1978-08-21	My father and mother divorced just after I was born, being so young I never got to know my father. I was 5 when he was killed on the Border. It was extremely difficult for me and when old enough to realise, my father wa…
31 March 2006	33275	Second Lieutenant Eric Brian Thompson 11 Squadron · 1975-11-25	My brother Eric Bryan Thompson went missing in Angola on the 25 November 1975. He was a pilot and flew for 11 Squadron (Cessna 182) He went missing with Lt Williamson (pilot) and Capt Taljaard (SA Army). There has been…
22 March 2006	27723	Private Edward Wardell 2nd South African Infantry · 1917-12-08	Wat 'n held ....dit was so eer om by die monument te staan , wat ter ere van die held en krygsman opgerig is. Dit is aan die west kant van Graaf Reinet [?3km buite die dorp] Die Engelse det hom gesond gedokter net om 'n… — J Dirk Schellingerhout
21 March 2006	26517	Private Henry Cornelius Van Blerk 2nd South African Infantry · 1917-09-23	] see story. & C. — Vermaas J Dirk Schellingerhout
21 March 2006	26517	Private Henry Cornelius Van Blerk 2nd South African Infantry · 1917-09-23	I am urgently looking for a photo and family info of Henry Rittenberg PLEEEEEASE!!!! Ek soek na 'n foto en ook familie info van Henry ASB!!!!!!!!!!!! Dirk J.Dirk Schellingerhout
21 March 2006	31914	Rifleman Mjobo 9 South African Infantry Battalion · 1998-12-17	] & C.Vermaas.[ not listed ] For a month they could not be buried because the English magestrate did not give 'pemition' [sic!!]. Henry and van Onselen are buried at Kariega next to the Uitenhage -Graaf Reinet road [46…
21 March 2006	26517	Private Henry Cornelius Van Blerk 2nd South African Infantry · 1917-09-23	John Dovey se webwerf handel oor : "A roll of SADF personnel who died for their country; from the establishment of the republic until 1994 when the SADF was amalgamated into the SANDF." http://www.justdone.co.za/ROH/ Mi…
18 March 2006	16181	Private Patrick McMahon 3rd South African Infantry · 1917-09-20	John Arthur HUNT, Private, no 1826, Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry, was born in Bowdon, Cheshire, England, in 1872, the only son of John Hunt and Alice Ann Sagar Duckworth. He was in SA by 1896 and, having lost money in… — Gwyneth Wilkie
16 March 2006	35146	Sergeant Paul Kganakga 1998-05-24	Killed in Action near Ulundi, 3rd July 1879 Memorial lectern and family window. Ulceby Parish Church, Near Alford, Lincolnshire, England Source John Dovey
15 March 2006	29453	Rifleman Andries Johannes Blaauw 116 South African Infantry Battalion · 1976-07-17	Andries Blaauw was from Aroab, South West Africa. In early July 1976 he and his twin brother Pieter were members of an army patrol that had a brief encounter with a group of PLAN insurgents. The latter scattered and wer… — Peter Chapman
13 March 2006	32706	Second Lieutenant Christopher James Robin 4 Field Regiment · 1975-11-14	Christopher Robin was my Platoon Leader. He went to Artillery School then was posted to 4th Field Regiment. We went to the Caprivi together and then in November our Regiment went into Angola. We had just completed a 10… — Duncan Mattushek
10 March 2006	30631	Captain Louis Harmse 1 South African Infantry Battalion · 1981-08-25	He died in a operation in Angola in 1981. Apparently he jumped into a bunker holding a grenade with the pin out, a terrorist in the bunker shot him in the stomach and he dropped the grenade. (extracted from: http://itso…
10 March 2006	32822	Captain George Frederick Schoeman South African Armoured Corps (Corps) · 1975-11-23	Captain George Schoeman was a member of the SADF advance force in Angola, in what came to be known as Operation Savannah. This was the SADF intervention during the early stages of the civil war being fought in that coun… — Peter Chapman
10 March 2006	31255	Lance Corporal Albertus Marthinus Le Roux 7 South African Infantry Battalion · 1986-11-02	L/Cpl A.M. le Roux was a member of 7 SAI and based in the Piggs Peak area, near the Swaziland border. The SADF troops in this area were engaged in continuous border surveilance operations to prevent ANC and other insurg… — Peter Chapman
08 March 2006	17690	Private Thomas Motlhabi South African Native Labour Corps (Corps) · 1941-06-02	A E Hurst is commemorated in the Parish Church of St. Leonards, Watlington Oxfordshire A R Powell
07 March 2006	33837	Sergeant John Andrew Wessels 44 Parachute Regiment · 1982-08-18	A number of ex-Rhodesian soldiers, now serving with the SADF since Zimbabwean independence, were located in camps in the northern Transvaal. The SADF recruited and trained these men, primarily for sabotage operations de…
07 March 2006	33793	Colonel Stefanus Sebastian Walters South African Air Force (Corps) · 1983-05-28	On 20 May 1983, the MK (ANC) Special Operations Unit planted a car bomb in Church Street, Pretoria, outside the building housing the administrative headquarters of the South African Air Force. The explosion killed twent…
07 March 2006	32637	Flight Sergeant Jacob Johannes Ras South African Air Force (Corps) · 1983-05-20	On 20 May 1983, the MK (ANC) Special Operations Unit planted a car bomb in Church Street, Pretoria, outside the building housing the administrative headquarters of the South African Air Force. The explosion killed twent…
07 March 2006	30690	Commandant Izak Johannes Henning South African Air Force (Corps) · 1983-05-23	On 20 May 1983, the MK (ANC) Special Operations Unit planted a car bomb in Church Street, Pretoria, outside the building housing the administrative headquarters of the South African Air Force. The explosion killed twent… — Peter Chapman
07 March 2006	29413	Staff Sergeant Peter David Berry South West African Territory Force (Corps) · 1982-08-18	A number of ex-Rhodesian soldiers, now serving with the SADF since Zimbabwean independence, were located in camps in the northern Transvaal. The SADF recruited and trained these men, primarily for sabotage operations de…
07 March 2006	29375	Sergeant Robert Trevor Beech 44 Parachute Regiment · 1982-08-18	A number of ex-Rhodesian soldiers, now serving with the SADF since Zimbabwean independence, were located in camps in the northern Transvaal. The SADF recruited and trained these men, primarily for sabotage operations de… — Peter Chapman
06 March 2006	33163	Sergeant Ian Suttill 5 Reconnaissance Regiment · 1981-01-30	On 29 January 1981, 1 and 6 Reconnaissance Regiments provided the strike force for Operation Beanbag, a strike against MK - Umkhonto We Sizwe (ANC) command centres in Matola, Mozambique. Alpha Group, provided by 6 Recon… — Peter Chapman
06 March 2006	30779	Sergeant Robert Lewis Hutchinson 5 Reconnaissance Regiment · 1981-01-30	On 29 January 1981, 1 and 6 Reconnaissance Regiments provided the strike force for Operation Beanbag, a strike against MK - Umkhonto We Sizwe (ANC) command centres in Matola, Mozambique. Alpha Group, provided by 6 Recon… — Peter Chapman
06 March 2006	32424	Lance Corporal James King Park 5 Reconnaissance Regiment · 1981-01-30	On 29 January 1981, 1 and 6 Reconnaissance Regiments provided the strike force for Operation Beanbag, a strike against MK - Umkhonto We Sizwe (ANC) command centres in Matola, Mozambique. Alpha Group, provided by 6 Recon… — Peter Chapman
28 February 2006	29745	Sergeant Jacobus Daniel (Koos) Cilliers 17 Squadron · 1980-06-23	Sgt Koos Cilliers was an Alouette helicopter Flight Engineer. On 23 June 1980, he and his pilot, Tinus van Rensburg, were in one of two helicopters that left Cuamato in the afternoon, to sweep ahead of Battle Group 61's…