Identity
Person No.
21644
Service No.
4469
Last Name
First Name
Maurice
Initials
M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
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
Memorial
Memorial
Location
On the Somme battlefield at Thiepval, overlooking the Ancre valley
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14
Notes
Son of Emily Frazer, of 25 St. George Street, Durban
Research notes
Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 4 C: named on photograph "2nd Regiment South African Infantry, photograph 14". Photograph: South African War Graves Project.
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 #127 Private ROBERTSON, Maurice, age 21, Force No 4469, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Potchefstroom, ZAR January 1895; a clerk before enlistment; served with Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; WIA at Bernafay Wood on the Somme; died of wounds. (Grave lost.) Buried/commemorated: Thiepval Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.) (His brother Cecil George Robertson also died in WWI.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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