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Identity
Person No.
1392
Service No.
1891
Last Name
First Name
James
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lance Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
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 Robert and Mary Beattie. Born Scotland. A clerk.

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"): BEATTIE, James (Son of Robert Hutcheon & Mary Helen (born Boyle) Beattie – both deceased; brother of Mrs. J. Whittingham, of Churchill Road, Berea, Durban.) 1891 Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Church Street, St Andrew, Dundee, Scotland 11/3/1904; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action, at Ras el Manastir, near Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Durban Cenotaph & on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 17/12/1941 or 18/12/1941 G66F-6SC 37
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 37 vs ROH 34.

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