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Identity
Person No.
13026
Service No.
7122
Last Name
First Name
Gordon Ivan
Initials
G I
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died of epilepticus, at Stalag 8 B, whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Ernest Edward and Alice Elizabeth Law, 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"): LAW, Gordon Ivan (Son of Ernest & Alice Elizabeth (nee Grimes) Law, of Stamford Hill Rd, Durban.) 7122 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 2/12/1913; baptised St James' Church, Morningside, Durban 12/7/1914; a machinist by profession; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; POW at Tobruk, Libya; evacuated to Italy & then Poland; died of epilepticus, at Stalag 8 B, whilst a POW. Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on his mother’s grave in Stellawood Cemetery, KZN, South Africa.) 09/11/1944 GMBF-7Y4 31

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