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Identity
Person No.
17542
Service No.
6527
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
D A E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
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 Arnold and Susan M. Morton, of Durban, 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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 6527, differs from this record's own 6527 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1942-06-20).: MORTON, Douglas Arnold Eric (Son of Arnold & Susan Mary Morton of 18 Maze Rd, Durban; previously 150 Edmonds Road, Glenwood.) (DPHS 1930; Durban High School 1935 – 1936.) 6527 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 24/1/1921; a bookkeeper by profession; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA near Gazala 7/6/1942; died of his wounds in # 64 Military General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light InfantryI; the Durban Cenotaph & the Durban High School WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 20/06/1942 G12B-983 21

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