Identity
Person No.
13011
Service No.
289846V
Last Name
First Name
Basil Anthony
Initials
B A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed
Durban Light Infantry
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes
Son of Harry Arthur and Jessue May Lavens. Born Johannesburg.
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"): LAVENS, Basil Anthony (Son of Harry Arthur Lavenski & Jessie May (nee Stupart) Lavens of JHB; both served in WWII.) 289846 V Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born JHB; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in Italy; killed in action at Monte Sole, Italy. Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) 18/04/1945 GCM9-9RW 19
Citations
Unknown
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