Identity
Person No.
18974
Service No.
12831
Last Name
First Name
Maurice Egbert
Initials
M E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road)
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
Brother of Miss D. Northern, of Durban, Natal
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 #102 Private NORTHERN, Maurice Egbert, age 23, Force No 12831, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Dundee, Natal 17/8/1894; a clerk before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in Belgium; killed in action, at Third Battle of Ypres (Battle of Menin Road). (Body never recovered.) Buried/commemorated: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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