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Identity
Person No.
16098
Service No.
589466V
Last Name
McKEOWN 2
First Name
John
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1912 (±1 yr) 352
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
13 December 1944 132
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds
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
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY 218
Grave Reference
IV. J. 5. 1
Coordinates
43.77016, 11.34284 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 Henry and Betsy A. McKeown, of Darwen, Lancashire, England. A policeman in civil life

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 KEOWN, John (Son of Henry & Betsy A. Mc Keown, of Darwen, Lancashire, England.) 589466 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry A policeman before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; WIA at Termine, Italy; died of wounds. Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Florence War Cemetery, Italy. Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 13/12/1944 32

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