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Identity
Person No.
219
Service No.
6036
Last Name
First Name
Dennis John
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
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 John and Elizabeth G. Adrain, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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"): ADRAIN, Dennis John (Son of John & Elizabeth Grace (born Bishop) Adrain, of 274 Windermere Road, Durban.) (DPHS; Durban High School 1929-1930.) 6036 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 20/1/1914; a store assistant by profession; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action near Tobruk, Libya. Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban Cenotaph & Stamford Hill Methodist Church WWII Memorials and on family gravestone in Stamford Hill Cemetery, Durban.) 20/06/1942 G9C9-5C9 28
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 28 vs ROH 27.

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