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Identity
Person No.
10766
Service No.
6800
Last Name
First Name
Anthony James Walter
Initials
A J W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Husband of Gwyndolyn Jackson, of Umbogintwini.

Research notes


K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): JACKSON, Anthony James Walter (Son of Mrs Ochive Jackson of 32 Bewsey Grove, Berea, Durban; husband of Gwyndolyn (nee Pryse) Jackson, of Umbogintwini.) 6800 Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 2/5/1904; a fitter with the SAR&H by trade; enlisted with the 1st Battalion RDLI; died in training at Barberton military camp, Eastern Transvaal. Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) 11/12/1940 G69R-YW4 36 79 (JEAN) – JACQUES / JACQUES, Alfred Morris (Son of Justilian Jean & Daisy Jacques - both deceased; resided at 15 Devonshire Avenue, Glenwood, Durban.) (His 3 brothers also served in WWII.) 2061 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 4/11/1910; a motor mechanic by profession; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA during the Battle of El Alamein, Egypt; died of wounds. (JACQUES, A.M. on gravestone, death certificate; St Thomas’ Church & WWII RDLI WWII Memorials.) El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Musgrave; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) ((JEAN) – JACQUES on Durban Cenotaph.) 01/11/1942 G1FK-8FF 31
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): DateDeath: Jordan 01/11/1942 vs ROH 1940-12-11; Age: Jordan 31 vs ROH 37.

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