Smith , Norman Watson (N W)

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, 6544, differs from this record's own 6544 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1942-06-07).: SMITH, Norman Watson (Son of Emily Pennock Smith of 24 Northway, Durban North.) (Bulwer Park / Park View Primary School, Mansfield Junior High School) 6544 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 29/9/1908; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA 2/1/1942; killed in action at Point 141 near Gazala, Libya. 7 (June 1942 was the worst day in RDLI history, with 15 fatalities, with a further 2 dying of wounds in the following days.) (Grave considered lost) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Mansfield Road School; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Coy., 1st Bn., RDLI Memorial, Pennington, KZN South Coast – now relocated at RDLI HQ.) 07/06/1942 G2GJ-C14 34