Identity
Person No.
21324
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Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Gordon James
Initials
G J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Military Service
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Locality
Unknown
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Son of John Thomson Rennie and Lucy Rennie, of Ardhuncart Lodge, Morsal, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; husband of Dorothy Steele Rennie. Also served in German South-West Africa. Born at Durban.
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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 #122 Captain RENNIE, Gordon James, age 28, Force No , 2nd South African Infantry Brigade: Born at Durban North 17/3/1887; member of the Royal Natal Yacht Club; a ship’s broker with John T. Rennie & Sons, Durban before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 6th Regiment in East Africa; WIA at Battle of Oldorobo (Salaita Hill), Kenya; died of wounds, at Serengeti. (Initially buried at Serengeti, re-buried after the end of the war.) Buried/commemorated: Taveta Military Cemetery, Kenya. (Also, on the Durban Cenotaph; the Durban High School; Radley College. Oxfordshire, England; St. Thomas” Anglican Church, Musgrave; St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Greyvil…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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