Identity
Person No.
12947
Service No.
1088
Last Name
First Name
Darwin Howard Marlborough
Initials
D H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Emily Matilda Langston, of "Dixie", Harding St., Estcourt, Natal, and the late Walter Cyril Langston. His brother also died in service
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 #83. Private LANGSTON, Darwin Howard Marlborough, age 23, Force No 1088, South African Medical Corps: Born Estcourt, Colony of Natal 23/5/1893; baptised Estcourt 6/8/1893; an auditor with the SAR&H in Durban before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 4th Field Ambulance in East Africa; malaria & diarrhoea Kondo Irangi 21/5/1916; dangerously ill Nairobi 26/5/1916; died of malaria. Buried/commemorated: Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry; the Estcourt Town; Estcourt Government School; the SAR&H in Durban & Bloemfontein railway Stations & the Durban Cenotaph WWI …
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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