09 September, let us pause for a minute to remember the following young men from our Generation who answered the Sunset call.
09 Sep 1971: 68772814N 2/Lieutenant Peter Schalk van der Merwe from 4 SAI was killed in a military vehicle accident. He was 19.
09 Sep 1976: 70201470BT Rifleman Christiaan Hendrik Pauley died from a gunshot wound accidentally sustained in a shooting incident. He was 17.
09 Sep 1984: 70229240PE Major Erasmus Johannes Louw from 8 SAI was killed instantly when a fellow Officer accidentally shot him in the back of the head with a 1 000ft rocket parachute flare during a training exercise at Riemvasmaak outside Upington. He was 29.
09 Sep 1990: 89072623CK Rifleman Derio Arendse from the 2nd Battalion South African Cape Corps was critically injured in a military vehicle accident on 07 September 1990 and succumbed to his injuries in hospital on 09 September 1990. He was 26.
Their names and sacrifice have not been forgotten.