Identity
Person No.
1446
Service No.
2919
Last Name
First Name
Joseph
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8
Notes
Son of Mrs. B. Beetar, of 3, Mitchell Rd., Durban, Natal. Served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA in 1915. Attended Glenwood Technical High School, Durban. On Mansfield Road Boys School Roll of Honour. On St. Mary's Anglican Church, Greyville WWI Memorial (panel 3)
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 8". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #6. Private BEETAR, Joseph, age 19, Force No 2919, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Port Said, Egypt of Syrian descent; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914 - 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action at Delville Wood, Somme, France. (Body never found) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on St Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyville; the Durban Light Infantry; Mansfield Primary; DTHS / Glenwood & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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