16 April, let us pause to remember these young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
16 April 1971: 01139013E Major Jan Wilhelm Arnhem Loubser from 1 Maintenance Unit was killed in a train accident at Kimberley. He was 42
16 April 1981: Two members from Infantry School were killed on the National Highway near Richmond while on weekend pass when their private vehicle, a Mazda 323 belonging to Corporal Potgieter, was involved in a head-on collision with an Oshkosh truck. Both members were killed instantly in the collision. The casualties were:
77220010BG Corporal Cornelius Johannes Potgieter. He was 19
79274882BG Rifleman Jacobus Albertus Cilliers. He was 18.
16 April 1982: 79323408BG Rifleman Jan Daniel Gerhardus Du Toit from 1 SAI, attached to 61 Mechanised Battalion Group was Killed in Action on 16 April 1982 in a landmine explosion that occurred in a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents during Ops Yahoo. He was 18.
16 April 1991: 05251996PE Warrant Officer Class I Johannes Jacobus Fouche from the South African Army was killed in a military vehicle accident at the P W Botha Training Area. He was 49.
Their names and sacrifices will not be forgotten.