Russell , Mogens Asker (M A)

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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 2470, differs from this record's own 2470 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1940-08-23).: RUSSELL, Mogens Asker (Son of Thorvald Martin Vilhelm August Petersen & Oline Petronelle Fritzine Petersen – both deceased; husband of Jessie Caroline (nee Baillie) Russell, of 53 Rosebank Avenue, Morningside, Durban; they had 4 young children.) 2470 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Oslo, Norway; emigrated to South Africa on the Dover Castle November 1913; married in St Olav’s Church, Durban 3/1/1929; a motor lorry driver before enlistment; died of cerebral haemorrhage, due to thrombosis, in the military hospital, PMB during training. Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. (His name may be RUSSELL, Mogens Asger.) 23/08/1940 LY8K-FVV 43