29 August, let us pause for a minute to remember the following young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
29 Aug 1973: S158792N Constable M.C. Manci from the South African Police was Killed in Action during a contact with insurgents when his patrol was ambushed at Mount Darwin, Rhodesia. He was 22.
29 Aug 1974: 70264544R Lance Corporal Stephanus Marais from 1 Reconnaissance Regiment drowned in a diving accident in Mossel Bay Harbour during a Training Exercise. His body recovered the following day. He was 19.
29 Aug 1985: 74377680PE Sergeant Petrus Cornelius Frederick Du Plessis Cohen from the Soutpansberg Military Area Provost Unit was killed in a Military Vehicle Accident at Messina. He was 27.
29 Aug 1985: 81222473BG Lance Corporal Marcell Stephen Lombard from 2 Field Engineer Regiment was killed when his Buffel Troop Carrier overturned in Northern Owamboland. He was 29.
29 Aug 1986: 83263863BG Sapper Willem Jacobus Coad from 1 Construction Regiment was killed when the water tanker vehicle he was driving, overturned at Komatipoort. He was 18.
29 Aug 1987: 81032195BG Corporal Kirk Hendriksen from 5 SAI was killed when he accidentally fell off a moving train while trying to prevent a prisoner in his custody from escaping. He was 22.
29 Aug 1987: 87064085CK Rifleman Cornelis Dilman from 1 Special Service Battalion died from a gunshot wound accidentally sustained during a shooting incident in Northern Owamboland. He was 26.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.