Identity
Person No.
18472
Service No.
1319
Last Name
First Name
Edward Albert
Initials
E A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry) 5
Later renamed
Royal Durban Light Infantry
(1935)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
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
Notes
Son of A. J. and Mrs. Needham, of Durban, late of Melbourne, nephew of Mrs. Chellew.
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 #100. Private NEEDHAM, Edward Albert, age 19, Force No 1319, Durban Light Infantry: Born Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 29/11/1895; a clerk before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; admitted to Otavifontein Hospital with enteric fever – dangerously ill 26/7/1915; died 3 days later. Buried/commemorated: Otavifontein Cemetery, Namibia. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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