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Identity
Person No.
16729
Service No.
589477V
Last Name
Milsom 1
First Name
Thomas George
Initials
T G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1916 (±1 yr) 485
Age at Death
28
Death Record
Date of Death
12 June 1944 134
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
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
2nd Bn. 451
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY 187
Grave Reference
II, C, 9. 1
Coordinates
42.58562, 11.99863 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 Thomas G. and Malena Milsom, of Estcourt, Natal, South Africa.

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"): MILSOM, Thomas George (Son of Thomas George & Malena Orten Milsom (nee Rebb), of Alexander Street, Estcourt, Natal.) (Estcourt High School.) 589477 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Zastron, OFS 10/3/1914; baptised Rouxville, OFS 12/9/1915; a sausage maker before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; killed in action, by enemy shelling, about 4 miles south of Bagnoregio, Italy Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Estcourt High School; the Estcourt town & the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorials.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 12/06/1944 G6B2-X3B 29
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 29 vs ROH 28.

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