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Identity
Person No.
1671
Service No.
190178
Last Name
First Name
Atholl William
Initials
A W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of William Fuller and Ellen Bertram, of Weenen, Natal, South Africa. His brother also died in service.

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"): BERTRAM, Athol William (Son of William & Ellen Bertram, of Innes Road, Durban; previously of 432 Stamford Hill Rd, Durban.) (Stamford Hill Primary; Durban High School 1932 -1936; admin # 5208.) 190178 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Alexandria, Cape Province 15/9/1918; a mine surveyor in Machavie, Transvaal by profession; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA (GSW - right abdomen and thigh) 7/6/1942 during an attack on Point 141, near Gazala; died of his wounds the following day. (His brother Reginald Bertram also died in WWII.) Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Durban High School; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 08/06/1942 LR4C-B6J 23

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