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Identity
Person No.
10994
Service No.
5109
Last Name
First Name
John Lamb
Initials
J L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, septicemia and myocarditis, whilst a POW, at military hospital, Piacenza, Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of George and Augusta Louisa Georgina James, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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"): JAMES, John Lamb (Son of George & Augusta Louisa James of 73 Broadway Court, Broad Street, Durban; resided at Kings Mansions, Esplanade.) 5109 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland 4/1/1914; a clerk with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured & evacuated to Italy; died of wounds (septicaemia and myocarditis), whilst a POW in the military hospital in Piacenza, Italy. Milan War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church WWII Memorial, now situated at Glenwood Presbyterian Church, Durban; on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials; on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles” & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 03/07/1942 LBG5-2CN 28

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