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Identity
Person No.
22130
Service No.
6678
Last Name
First Name
Israel Ivan
Initials
I I
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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 Joseph and Rachel Sacks, of Turffontein, Johannesburg. Born Lithuania. Employed at Castle Wine and Brandy Co., Durban. ***Jewish

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, 6678, differs from this record's own 6678 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-12-17).: SACKS, Israel Ivan (Son of Joseph & Rachel Sacks, of 113 Stanton St., Turffontein, JHB; lived 35 Sandringham, Gillespie St., Durban.) 6678 V Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Pumpenia, Lithuania 1/9/1913; an accountant at Castle Wine & Brandy Company, Durban; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA near Menastir, Bardia; died of wounds. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (On Jewish in Saxonwold, JHB; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 17/12/1941 PXRL-DWL 28

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