Son of Jennie Spencer, of Durban. Husband of Joyce Spencer, of Escombe. Born Durban. A plasterer by trade
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"): SPENCER, Douglas (Son of Jane Anne “Jennie” (nee Walls) Spencer, of Durban; father Frank Spencer deceased; husband of Joyce (nee Rawson) Spencer, of Fraser Road, Escombe, Natal; they had a young son.) 6545 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Bellaire, Durban 25/8/1916; a plasterer for the Durban Municipality before enlistment; married Durban 13/6/1940; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Point 141 near Gazala, Libya. (Grave considered lost) (7 June 1942 was the worst day in RDLI history, with 15 fatalities, with a further 2 dying of wounds in the following days.) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Durban Municipality (in the Durban City Hall) & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 07/06/1942 P99K-N8G 26
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