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Identity
Person No.
15610
Service No.
6824
Last Name
Matthee 12
First Name
Samuel
Initials
S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 678
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
10 December 1941 126
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
1st Bn. 625
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY 382
Grave Reference
13. E. 10. 1
Coordinates
31.54956, 25.16047 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 Johannes Josephus and Sarah Ellena Matthee, of Wentworth, Durban. Born Darnall. 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"): MATTHEE, Samuel (Son of Johannes & Sarah Matthee, of Wentworth, Durban.) (Mansfield Road School.) 6824 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Darnall, Natal North Coast; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Menastir II, near Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Mansfield Road School; the Greyville Methodist Church; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 10/12/1941 G1KN-DPC 21

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