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Identity
Person No.
22454
Service No.
2497
Last Name
First Name
Jacob Peter
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
ACC 1,585
Accident
Cause of Death
Died of injuries, received in fall out of the bedroom window, at the Victoria Hotel, Cairo when he landed on the pavement below
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
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

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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"): SCHORN, Jacob Peter (Son of Jacob Peter Florentz & Maria Petronella (nee Wessels) Schorn, of 17 Bonamour Ave., Glenwood, Durban.) 2497 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born PMB; a clerk for the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; died of injuries, received in fall out of the bedroom window, at the Victoria Hotel, Cairo, when he landed on the pavement below. (His father served as a corporal with "A" Coy. 6th P.O.W. Battalion, Zonderwater, Transvaal.) Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) 09/03/1942 PZ4J-QK3 25
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 25 vs ROH 0.

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