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ON THIS DAY

17 April

165

South Africans who made the ultimate sacrifice

Person # Last Name First Name Rank Regiment Date of Death
1348 Bayly Zachary Booth Honorary Lieutenant South African Infantry 1919-04-17
1627 Bergh Michiel Lieutenant South African Armoured Corps 1944-04-17
1716 Betty Redmond Wolbert Victor Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
29466 Blignaut Willem Lieutenant South African Infantry Corps 1969-04-17
2177 Bosman Andrew Christian Major South African Air Force 1947-04-17
2182 Bossenger William Peter Lance Corporal South African Infantry 1918-04-17
2214 Botha Clifford Hugo Sapper South African Engineer Corps 1941-04-17
29544 Botha Phillipus Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1984-04-17
2410 Boyd Kenneth MacAulay Petty Officer Royal Navy 1921-04-17
2641 Britz Corporal South African Corps of Military Police 1942-04-17
3021 Burger Petrus Andries Air Mechanic South African Air Force 1947-04-17
3133 Busuku Willie Labourer South African Native Labour Corps 1917-04-17
29699 Carstens Albertus Jacobus Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1981-04-17
3493 Case Leslie Donovan Air Corporal South African Air Force 1947-04-17
3656 Chase Allen Centlivres Lieutenant South African Infantry 1918-04-17
3831 Churchman Arthur Frederick James Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
4173 Coetzee William Victor Private Royal Durban Light Infantry, S.A. Forces 1945-04-17
4260 Collier Cyril Lester Second Lieutenant Pioneer Corps 1942-04-17
4415 Cooke Ernest Cecil Lance Corporal South African Infantry 1918-04-17
4447 Cooper Charles Edward Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
4543 Coullie John Cathmoir Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
4677 Crisp Ronald Leslie Lieutenant South African Air Force 1947-04-17
4797 Cumming Thomas Comyn Lance Corporal South African Infantry 1917-04-17
5105 Davies Granville Driver South African Service Corps 1916-04-17
5398 De Swardt Harold Private Duke of Edinburgh's Own Rifles, S.A. Forces 1941-04-17
5421 De Villiers Johannes Francois Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
30055 Deysel Derek Jurgens Rifleman South African Infantry Corps 1982-04-17
5687 Dickson Cyril Lance Corporal South African Infantry 1918-04-17
30078 Dippenaar Cecil Rhodes Rifleman South African Infantry Corps 1984-04-17
30085 Dlamini Anelisiwe Edith Rifleman Durban S 2001-04-17
5920 Dos Santos Manuel Private South African Tank Corps 1941-04-17
5940 Douglas Roderick Swift Lieutenant South African Air Force 1945-04-17
6119 Du Pre Kenneth George Lieutenant South African Air Force 1945-04-17
6269 Dunbar James Private South African Veteran Reserve 1915-04-17
30255 Erasmus Daniel Jacobus Colonel South African Army 1998-04-17
6939 Farren Harold Clifford Private South African Infantry 1917-04-17
41128 Fisher Clive Corporal South African Infantry Corps 1981-04-17
7245 Fleischer Henry Martin Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
7324 Forbes James McNaughton Sergeant South African Infantry 1918-04-17
8046 Gericke Jacobus Stephanus Lieutenant South African Air Force 1947-04-17
8357 Good William Thomas Corporal South African Infantry 1918-04-17
8447 Goromondo Askari Rhodesia Air Askari Corps 1945-04-17
30515 Grant James Archibald Commandant South African Air Force 1981-04-17
8649 Green Andrew Charles Private South African Infantry 1918-04-17
30529 Greyling Carel Petrus Sergeant 1 Reconnaissance Regiment 1980-04-17
8805 Gritten Richard Errol Lieutenant South African Air Force 1945-04-17
34860 Gumede Bongani Abestus Constable South African Police 1990-04-17
9075 Hamilton Frederick Campbell Lieutenant South African Air Force 1944-04-17
9206 Hargrave William George Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 1918-04-17
9300 Harris William Labourer South African Native Labour Bureau 1917-04-17

Deaths on 17 April by Year