Identity
Person No.
12086
Service No.
778
Last Name
First Name
Aubrey Edgar
Initials
A E
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
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Jeremiah John and Helen Ann Kerwan, of Aubrey Villa, 3C6A, Point Rd., Durban, South Africa.
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Interred, BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY No.3II. N. 3..
Citations
Unknown
External References
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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 #80. Gunner KERWAN, Aubrey Edgar, age 24, Force No 778, South African Heavy Artillery: Born Cape Town September 1892; an explosives worker with the Kynoch Explosives & Chemical Factory in Umbogintwini before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914- 1915; served with the 72nd Siege Battery SAHA in Belgium; killed in action in the 3rd Battle of Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Buried/commemorated: Brandhoek New Military Cemetery #3, Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry; the St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Durban; the Kynoch / AECI…
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Interred, BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY No.3II. N. 3.
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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