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Identity
Person No.
11216
Service No.
27901
Last Name
First Name
Bertholdt Ernst E
Initials
B E E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
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
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

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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"): JOHL, Bertholdt Ernst Erich (Son of Franz August Ernst & Johanna Elizabeth Pauline (nee Promnitz) Johl, of East London.) (Dale College, KWT.) 27901 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Frankfort, Cape Province; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; taken prisoner at Tobruk June 1942; drowned whilst a POW in Carvarsere, Italy. Padua War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Dale College, King William’s Town & East London WWII Memorials.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 11/12/1943 23
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 23 vs ROH 0.

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