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Identity
Person No.
15345
Service No.
6518
Last Name
First Name
Alexander C
Initials
A C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
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 Alfred and Marie L. Mash, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Ethne M. Mash, of Durban. On St. Henry's College (Marist Brothers Durban) Roll of Honour.

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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 6518, differs from this record's own 6518 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-12-16).: MASH, Alexander Charles (Son of Alfred Brinsmead & Marie Louise Mash, of Durban; husband of Ethne Maude (nee Baines) Mash, of 122 St. Andrew’s St., Durban.) (DPHS 1927 – 1928; Marist Brothers, Durban 1929 – 1935; admin # 16.) 6518 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born 21/1/1917; enrolled 1929; Prefect 1935; married Durban 27/5/1939; a tramway conductor before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also on the St Paul's Church, Durban; the St Henry’s Marist College, Durban; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 16/12/1941 GPFS-BQ9 24

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