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Identity
Person No.
22080
Service No.
2470
Last Name
First Name
Mogens Asker
Initials
M A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
43
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Husband of Jessie Caroline Russell, of 53 Rosebank Avenue, Durban. Born Oslo, Norway

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") (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

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