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Identity
Person No.
13781
Service No.
591281V
Last Name
Lombard 44
First Name
Albertus Johannes Francois
Initials
A J F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1915 (±1 yr) 447
Age at Death
30
Death Record
Date of Death
17 November 1945 137
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY 234
Grave Reference
4. G. 23. 1
Coordinates
30.07973, 31.32963 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
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 Josiah Jeremiah and Saria Crause Lombard. Husband of Magdelena Petronelle Catherina Stoffelina Lombard, of Durban. Born Standerton.

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"): LOMBARD, Albertus Johannes Francois (Son of Josiah Jeremiah & Saria Crause Lombard; husband of Magdelena Petronelle Catherina Stoffelina (nee Uys) Lombard, of Durban.) 591281 V Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Standerton, Transvaal; married Memel, OFS 4/2/1939; worked in a bottle store in Tzaneen before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; died on service in Helwan Camp, after the end of the war. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Ismailia, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 17/11/1945 30

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