22 November, let us pause to remember these young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
22 Nov 1950: 640232 Pioneer Zacharias Jacobus Siebert, a Junior Supervisor at the South African European Auxiliary Services, died in 1 Military Hospital in Voortrekkerhoogte as a result of pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was 60.
22 Nov 1979: 76627082PC Lance Corporal Niklaas Johannes de Klerk from the 1st Battalion Cape Corps was Killed in Action when his Buffel troop Carrier detonated a Soviet TM-57 Anti-Tank Mine while on patrol in Northern Owamboland. He was 21.
22 Nov 1980: Two members from Infantry School were killed in a private motor vehicle accident between George and Wilderness while they were on a weekend pass. The casualties were:
76563139BG Corporal Ferdinand Johannes Louw. He was 20.
75521674BG Corporal Andre Seaman. He was 21.
22 Nov 1980: 73253973BG Private Mason Murray Swart from 16 Stores and Transport Depot was killed in a private motor vehicle accident in Vereeniging. He was 22.
22 Nov 1981: 77503217BG Rifleman Coenraad Christoffel van Wyk from 1 Parachute Battalion accidentally drowned in the swimming pool at the Parachute Battalion Fire-Force Camp at Air Force Base Ondangwa. He was 20.
22 Nov 1988: 83746461HG Rifleman Felokwakhe Andreas Magagula from 121 Battalion died in the King Edward VIII Hospital from injuries received when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned while on an operational patrol at Kwa Ngwanase. He was 28.
22 Nov 1989: 68212471PE Colonel Cornelius Alwyn Johannes Meerholz HCS from 5 Reconnaissance Regiment was killed in a private motor vehicle accident at Gravelotte when his vehicle left the road and collided with a tree. He was 37.
22 Nov 1990: 87759379HG Lance Corporal Sibusiso Dlomo from Natal Command was killed in a military vehicle accident in Durban. He was 30.
22 Nov 1991: 88213863BG Airman Martin Jacobsz from the Air Force Gymnasium was killed in a private motor vehicle accident when his vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle on the Delmas to Pretoria Road. He was 19.
22 Nov 1995: 94669231PY Trooper Lefata Michael Moloi from 1 Special Service Battalion was killed in a military vehicle accident when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in the General De wet Training Area. He was 26.
22 Nov 1996: Two members from the Technical Service Corps who were stationed at Western Province Command Workshop, were killed when their Military Vehicle overturned at Olifantshoek after the front tyre burst. They were returning home after participating in Exercise Southern Cross. The casualties in this incident were:
76428796PE Staff Sergeant David Brian Ludick. He was 36.
89329676PE Corporal Karl van Niekerk. He was 23.
Their names and sacrifices will not be forgotten.