Stories

Date	#	Person	Story
26 August 2026	40587	Air Sub-Lieutenant Robert John Wilson 4 Squadron, Rhodesian Air Force · 1974-04-20	Rhodesian Air Force Operations — Roll of Honour KIA. Trojan shot down with Roger Andrews Aircraft/serial: Trojan R3427 (ASR 139). Listed in Prop Geldenhuys, Rhodesian Air Force Operations with Air Strike Log (2007), Rol… — Prop Geldenhuys (Air Force Operations Roll of Honour)
26 August 2026	11424	Lieutenant Colonel Frank Aubrey Jones 4th South African Infantry · 1916-07-11	Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Aubrey (“Fatty”) Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O., commanded the 4th South African Infantry (South African Scottish). W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa) knew him first as brigade-major to Brigadi… — W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa)
26 August 2026	2569	Corporal Hermanus Johannes Breytenbach Mounted Commandos · 1915-04-30	Hermanus Johannes Breytenbach, Middelburg Commando, was killed when a German observation mine exploded during the Union advance up the Swakop River in German South-West Africa (30 April 1915). W. Whittall (With Botha an… — W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa)
26 August 2026	6642	Burgher Abraham Jacobus Johannes Engelbrecht Mounted Commandos · 1915-04-30	Abraham Jacobus Johannes Engelbrecht, Middelburg Commando, was killed when a German observation mine exploded during the Union advance up the Swakop River in German South-West Africa (30 April 1915). W. Whittall (With B… — W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa)
26 August 2026	27236	Burgher Abraham Jacobus Venter Mounted Commandos · 1915-04-30	Abraham Jacobus Venter, Middelburg Commando, was killed when a German observation mine exploded during the Union advance up the Swakop River in German South-West Africa (30 April 1915). W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts… — W. Whittall (With Botha and Smuts in Africa)
26 August 2026	8070	Private Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Geyer 1942-01-15	Private Marthinus Wessel Pretorius Geyer, 1st Battalion South African Police, was killed in action on 15 January 1942 in the Western Desert. George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom) remembers him as “Porkey” Geyer of B C… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	3081	Private Hector Gerald Burns 1942-01-15	Private, 1st Battalion South African Police, killed in action on 15 January 1942. George Stegmann’s memoir The Lights of Freedom describes a Free French friendly-fire bombing/strafing that day that killed nine B Company… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	4123	Private Dirk Arnoldus Coetzee 1942-01-15	Private, 1st Battalion South African Police, killed in action on 15 January 1942. George Stegmann’s memoir The Lights of Freedom describes a Free French friendly-fire bombing/strafing that day that killed nine B Company… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	8816	Private Grobler 1942-01-15	Private, 1st Battalion South African Police, killed in action on 15 January 1942. George Stegmann’s memoir The Lights of Freedom describes a Free French friendly-fire bombing/strafing that day that killed nine B Company… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	19535	Private Hugh Norman Turner Owen Transvaal Scottish · 1941-12-10	Private Hugh Norman Turner Owen, 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish, died of wounds on 10 December 1941 and is buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery. George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom), then with 1st Battalion South… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	5914	Private Christian Jacobus Dorfling 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	7481	Private Wessel Johannes Petrus Fourie 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	9574	Private Thomas George Creighton Heath 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	11690	Lance Corporal Thomas Phillip Kaber 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	13861	Lance Corporal Barnardus Lambertus Lottering 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	13987	Corporal Philippus Cornelius Lubbe 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	24711	Private Frederich Wilhelm Taljaard 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	27283	Private Solomon Johannes Cornelius Vermaak 1942-01-02	Killed in action on 2 January 1942 during the attack on Bardia while serving with 1st Battalion South African Police (South African Police Brigade / 6th SA Infantry Brigade). George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom reco… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	1277	Private Johannes Albertus Basson 1941-12-14	Killed by enemy shelling in the Capuzzo–Bardia sector, December 1941, while serving with the South African Police in the Western Desert. George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom describes the demoralising effect of long-… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	7075	Private Petrus Nicolas Jacobus Ferreira 1941-12-20	Killed by enemy shelling in the Capuzzo–Bardia sector, December 1941, while serving with the South African Police in the Western Desert. George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom describes the demoralising effect of long-… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	27037	Private Jan Jacobus Van Staden 1941-12-20	Killed by enemy shelling in the Capuzzo–Bardia sector, December 1941, while serving with the South African Police in the Western Desert. George Stegmann’s The Lights of Freedom describes the demoralising effect of long-… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	26540	Lance Corporal Andries Jacobus Van Den Berg 1942-08-02	Lance Corporal Andries Jacobus Van Den Berg, 1st South African Police, died on 2 August 1942 on the Rosalina Pilo while a prisoner of war after the fall of Tobruk. George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom), himself a Tobr… — George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom)
26 August 2026	29500	Chief Petty Officer Johannes Petrus Booysen SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Chief Petty Officer Johannes Petrus Booysen of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	33612	Chief Petty Officer Willem Martinus G Van Tonder SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Chief Petty Officer Willem Martinus G van Tonder of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	29553	Petty Officer Stephanus Petrus Bothma SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Stephanus Andries Bothma of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Poin… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	29594	Petty Officer Graham Alexander Frank Brind SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Graham Alexander Brind of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point.… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	29639	Petty Officer Robin Centlivre Bulterman SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Robin Centlivre Bulterman of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Poi… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	30016	Petty Officer Granville Williams De Villiers SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Granville Williams de Villiers of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cap… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	31116	Petty Officer Evert Koen SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Evert Koen of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point. Bennett (Th… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	31384	Petty Officer Hjalmar Lotter SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Hjalmar Lotter of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point. Bennett… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	31829	Petty Officer Roy Anthony McMaster SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Roy Anthony McMaster of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point. B… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	32974	Petty Officer Roy Frederick Skeates SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Roy Frederick Skeates of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point.… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	32994	Petty Officer Hartmut Wilfried Smit SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Hartmut Wilfried Smit of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point.… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	33026	Petty Officer William Russel Smith SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer William Russel Smith of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point. B… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	33854	Petty Officer Michael Richard Bruce Whiteley SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Michael Bruce Richard Whiteley of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cap… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	33893	Petty Officer Coenraad Johannes Wium SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Petty Officer Coenraad Johannes Wium of SAS President Kruger was among the fourteen men in Mess 12 killed when the frigate collided with SAS Tafelberg in the early hours of 18 February 1982 and sank south of Cape Point.… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	33814	Chief Petty Officer Donald Webb SAS President Kruger · 1982-02-18	Chief Petty Officer Donald Webb of SAS President Kruger died on 18 February 1982 while abandoning ship after the collision with SAS Tafelberg. Bennett (Three Frigates) distinguishes these two deaths from the fourteen Me… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	29472	Sergeant Johannes Gerhardus Blom SAS President Steyn · 1971-11-25	Johannes Gerhardus Blom was killed on 25 November 1971 when Westland Wasp helicopter #83 from SAS President Steyn crashed near Luanda during a post-maintenance test flight. Bennett (Three Frigates) places the loss durin… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	30846	Corporal Nicolaas Frans Jansen Van Rensburg SAS President Steyn · 1971-11-25	Nicolaas Frans Jansen van Rensburg was killed on 25 November 1971 when Westland Wasp helicopter #83 from SAS President Steyn crashed near Luanda during a post-maintenance test flight. Bennett (Three Frigates) places the… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)
26 August 2026	33129	Corporal Johann Stork SAS President Steyn · 1971-11-25	Johann Stork was killed on 25 November 1971 when Westland Wasp helicopter #83 from SAS President Steyn crashed near Luanda during a post-maintenance test flight. Bennett (Three Frigates) places the loss during President… — Chris Bennett (Three Frigates)