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Christiaan Jacobus Tiedt 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 duri…

I was Zondi's platoon commander, deployed on Ops Humane, where we were responsible for monitoring the KwaZulu-Natal border to help stop the spread of swine flu. Zondi had finished his duty at one of the border crossings…

Captain Joseph Johannes (“Jopie” / “Japie”) Fourie of the 13th Mounted Rifles was executed by firing squad at Pretoria Central Prison on 20 December 1914 after joining the Afrikaner Rebellion. H.C. Armstrong (Grey Steel…

Traffic came to a halt as the gun carriage drawn by a military vehicle and followed by the funeral procession proceeded to Bellville Cemetery where Private Cronje was buried with full military honours. A guard of honour…

Rfn Reynolds is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs F Reynolds of Aranos, SWA. He will be buried with full military honours from the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Aranos at 11am on Wednesday. - Sapa.

the shots had he known he was firing at his own men in statements by members of the 10-man section the Court was told that the section leader, Lance-Corporal Johannes de Wet, ordered the men to fan out in a half-moon fo…

Jimmy was my brother. Thank you so much for placing him on the Roll of Honour for the first time since he died in 1979. It means so much to me as the only remaining family member. He was from Odendaalsrus in the then, O…

Tim (Trevor Leslie) was as far as I remember a member of the First City Regiment. ( attached to St Andrews College Grahamstown) He was killed in the desert during WWII. Tim as he was known was engaged to my Mother; Rhon…

As far as I can determine, he was killed in the Battle of Spionkop on the 24 January 1900. born: 27 May 1865, Rustenburg, Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek His father: David Andries van Staden His mother: Elisabeth Alida Hele…