Identity
Person No.
10286
Service No.
2807
Last Name
First Name
Joseph Harrison
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Joseph Horner, of Durban
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Sergeant Joseph HORNER, 2nd SAI - Killed gauches Wood 21st March 1918 (Pozieres Memorial)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Sergeant Joseph HORNER, 2nd SAI - Killed gauches Wood 21st March 1918 (Pozieres Memorial)
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #69. Sergeant HORNER, Joseph Harrison, age 27, Force No 2807, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Durban 1/12/1890; baptised in the Wesleyan / Methodist Chapel, Durban 4/4/1891; a linesman with the Durban Corporation before enlistment. He served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; fought at Delville Wood July 1916; WIA (thigh – severe) during the Battle of Arras 9/4/1917; killed in action at Gauche Wood, outside Peronne, Somme, France.… Buried/commemorated: Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on Durban Corporation in the Durban City Hall; Greyville Methodist Church; St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville; the Durban Light Infantry & th…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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