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Identity
Person No.
17509
Service No.
7135
Last Name
Morris 27
First Name
Unknown
Initials
W B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1915 (±1 yr) 447
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
04 November 1941 98
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
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XII. A. 1. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 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
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Grave
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Grave
On the panel
XII. A. 1.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Albert E. and Florence Corby Hall, of Kokstad, Cape Province, 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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 7135, differs from this record's own 7135 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-11-04).: MORRIS, WB (Son of Florence Minnie Corby – Hall, of Hillcrest, Nata, previously from Kokstadl; father Albert Edward Corby - Hall deceased.) 7135 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born New Brighton, Port Elizabeth; a chemist in Boksburg before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Baggush, about 70kms east of Mersa Matruh, Egypt. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 04/11/1941 25

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