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Identity
Person No.
11123
Service No.
6802
Last Name
Jefferys 2
First Name
George Frederick
Initials
G F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1897 (±1 yr) 577
Age at Death
45
Death Record
Date of Death
10 July 1942 129
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
1st Bn. 625
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
IV. F. 12. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Grave
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Grave
On the panel
IV. F. 12.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Husband of Isabel Jefferys, 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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 6802, differs from this record's own 6802 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1942-07-10).: JEFFERYS, George Frederick (Husband of Isabella Johanna Jefferys, (nee van der Merwe) of 24 Eaton Road, Congella, Durban.) 6802 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Grahamstown 25/5/1897; a sugar grader before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at El Alamein; died of wounds. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 10/07/1942 GZGD-37P 45

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