Son of Sydney Douglas and Elvina Eleanor Benson, of 46 Goble Road, Durban.
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") (matched by exact DateDeath 22 Nov 1944 and age 23 -- ServiceNo in this draft, 1880, does not match this record's own 1864, a likely transcription slip in one source or the other, not resolved): BENSON, Douglas (Son of Sydney Douglas & Elvina Elanor Benson (born Brophy), of 46 Goble Road, Durban.) (Mansfield Road School, Durban.) 1880 V Private Quarter- master Service Corps Born Durban 4/5/1921; a clerk before enlistment; served with 59 Q Company in Italy; died of wounds from a battle accident, in hospital in Italy. Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Mansfield School & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on a commemoration stone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa.) 22/11/1944 GYGV-22J 23
Regiment filled as Royal Durban Light Infantry (was blank) on the strength of this match.
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