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Identity
Person No.
19989
Service No.
6843V
Last Name
First Name
Otto Edward
Initials
O E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during the attack on Florence
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry, later Mechanised Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Witwatersrand Rifles, formed 1 May 1903. Active Citizen Force regiment through WWI/WWII/Border War (1970-1994 Border War operations). Renamed Bambatha Rifles 2019. Needs further research on Regiment de la Rey naming/merger history.
Notes

Husband of Daphne Malcolm Perrow, of Oldham Road, Durban. She worked at the Lion Match Factory. Born in Kranzkop, Natal.

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") lists him on the RDLI WWII Memorial (matched by exact DateDeath 4 Aug 1944 and age 24; ServiceNo 6843 in this draft not matched against this record's own). Regiment here is Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey -- not changed; likely dual-commemorated rather than a data error.: PERROW, Otto Edward (Son of John Isaac & Marie Martha (nee Bignoux) Perrow of Winterkloof, Natal: husband of Daphne Malcolm (nee Patterson) Perrow, of Oldham Road, Durban; they had a young son.) (PERROW, OH on memorial) 6843 V Private Witwaters - rand Rifles / Regiment de la Rey Born Kranzkop, Natal 2/1/1920; married Durban 19/6/1940; a shipping clerk in Durban before enlistment; served with the WR/RDLR in Italy; killed in action, during the attack on Florence. Florence War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 04/08/1944 97LK-WB2 24

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