Lawrence , Alfred Robert (A R)

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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 2678, differs from this record's own 2678 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1942-08-17).: LAWRENCE, Alfred Robert (Son of Robert Alfred & Rose Lawrence of Berea Rd, Durban.) (Bulwer Park Primary; Technical High School, Durban / Glenwood High School 1933) 2678 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Harrismith, OFS 10/1/1918; served with the 2nd Battalion in North Africa; captured at Tobruk, Libya; drowned in Mediterranean Sea when the British submarine HMS Turbulent torpedoed the Nino Bixio, which was transporting POWs from Africa to Italy. (Body never recovered.) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Bulwer Park /Park View Primary; Glenwood High School; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 17/08/1942 G1VH-43D 24