Identity
Person No.
18036
Service No.
11869
Last Name
First Name
Walter Henry
Initials
W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DROW 1,204
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Florence Munnery, of 6 Chapell Street, Pietermaritzburg. His grave is in France mistakenly thought to be PERCY MUNNERY
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #98. Private MUNNERY, Walter Henry, age 23, Force No 11869, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born JHB, ZAR 28/02/1895; a plumber in Durban before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915. He served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; WIA (right thigh – severe) in 3rd Battle of Ypres 20/9/1917; evacuated to England; drowned at sea after German submarine U-82 torpedoed & sank S.S. "Galway Castle" 160 miles south west of the Fastnet Rock in the Atlantic Ocea… Buried/commemorated: Hollybrook Memorial to the Missing, Southampton, Hampshire, England. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.) (His body was recovered near the French coast 13/9/1918 but w…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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