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Identity
Person No.
21781
Service No.
589468V
Last Name
Rood 4
First Name
Unknown
Initials
F V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1910 (±1 yr) 308
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
07 May 1944 92
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
Private
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
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY 47
Grave Reference
II. A. 8. 1
Coordinates
41.47757, 13.82728 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of Frederick and Daisy H. Rood, of Southampton, England.

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"): ROOD, Frederick Victor (Son of Frederick Louis & Daisy Harriet (nee Gale) Rood, of Southampton, England.) 589468 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born circa 1909; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; killed in action at Cassino, Italy. Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 07/05/1944 P996-J4W 34

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