01 October, let us pause for a minute to remember these young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
01 Oct 1958: Captain Andries Petrus Barnard from 1 Locating Battery, South African Artillery was killed in a private motor vehicle accident between Johannesburg and Potchefstroom. He had been authorised to travel to Potchefstroom using his private transport to attend an official training course. He was 29.
01 Oct 1974: 05564265E Staff Sergeant Willem Jacobus Burger from D Squadron, 2 Special Service Battalion was accidentally shot dead by own forces in an ambush 7 miles East of Katima Mulilo at Hippo Island, Eastern Caprivi. He was 29.
01 Oct 1982: 77618080BG Lance Corporal Edmond Jaime Leon Guillaume from the South African Medical Corps Headquarters Unit died after taking an overdose of pills while stationed in Grootfontein. He was 20.
01 Oct 1983: 80386089BG Rifleman Quinton Clive Oosthuizen from 203 Battalion SWATF was killed in a military vehicle accident in Northern Owamboland. He was 19.
01 Oct 1983: 81316291BG Rifleman Samuel Wilhelm van Rooyen from Infantry School was critically injured in a private motor vehicle accident near Cape Town on the 29 September 1983 and succumbed to his injuries in the Tygerberg Hospital on 1 October 1983. He was 18.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.