Identity
Person No.
21641
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Keith Forbes
Initials
K F
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
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
Son of Nora Forbes (formerly Robertson), of Marlows, Caterham, Surrey, and the late George Robertson. Husband of Irene Lois Robertson. Born Melbourne, Australia in 1889. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
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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 #126 Lieutenant ROBERTSON, Keith Forbes, age 27, Force No , Rifle Brigade: Born St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia 8/2/1889; Haileybury College, Hertfordshire OTC 1903-1908; Trinity College, Cambridge University OTC 1908-1909; married Steyning, Sussex 1910; 4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1911; emigrated to South Africa; served as captain & adjutant with Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914- 1915; travelled to England to re-enlist with the 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade;… Buried/commemorated: Perth Cemetery (China Wall) Ieper, Flanders, Belgium. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials & on his brother’s gravestone in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Caterham, …
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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