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Identity
Person No.
15992
Service No.
93085
Last Name
First Name
Donald Glen
Initials
D G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
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
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
IV. C. 9.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of John and Marion McGilvray. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery

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"): Mc GILVRAY, Donald Glen (Son of Marion Louisa (born Baker) McGilvray of 65 Clarkson Rd., Wentworth, Durban; father John McGilvray deceased.) (Parkview Primary, Wentworth Primary; Durban High School 1933 – 1937.) 93085 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 12/4/1917; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at El Alamein, Egypt. (Also, on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, at the DLI HQ.) El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Commemoration stone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN; also, on the Durban High School; 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.) 16/07/1942 G1G9-MQW 25
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 25 vs ROH 0.

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