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Identity
Person No.
23844
Service No.
6861
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
T G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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"): SPEERS, Thomas George “Tom” (Son of John & Mary Ann (nee Cook) Speers of 25 First Avenue, Greyville, Durban.) (Mansfield Road Government School, Durban.) 6861 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban, Natal 28/8/1916; baptised Wesleyan – Methodist Chapel, Durban 12/6/1917; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Menastir II, near Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Greyville Methodist Church; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on his father’s gravestone in West Street Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa.) 10/12/1941 PS11-3PN 25
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 25 vs ROH 0.

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