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Identity
Person No.
21309
Service No.
6849V
Last Name
Reinecke 5
First Name
Phillip Christoffel
Initials
P C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1899 (±1 yr) 404
Age at Death
46
Death Record
Date of Death
06 June 1945 141
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,873
Locality
KwaZulu-Natal 1,589
Cemetery
DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CREMATION MEMORIAL 32
Grave Reference
Unknown
Coordinates
-29.88291, 30.97617 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Herman and Margaret Reinecke; husband of Elizabeth Dorothy Reinecke, of Durban.

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) (matched by exact ServiceNo 6849V and exact DateDeath 6 Jun 1945; Age filled as 46, was blank): REINECKE, Phillip Christoffel. Husband of Elizabeth Dorothy Reinecke, of Umbilo, Durban. Born Molteno, Cape Province 1899; an assistant foreman; died after discharge, in Addington Hospital, Durban, after sustaining gross injuries when his clothes accidentally caught in machinery in the paint factory where he worked. Cremation Memorial, Stellawood Cemetery, Durban. Also on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Jordan notes: "His death is not war related."

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