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Identity
Person No.
23917
Service No.
230884V
Last Name
First Name
William Keyser
Initials
W K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
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

Son of John William and Hester Jacoba Squier, of Knysna, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Knysna. A clerk for South Africa Railways

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"): SQUIER, William Keyser (Son of John William & Hester Jacoba (nee Keyser) Squier, of Knysna, Cape Province.) 230884 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Knysna 25/5/1917; baptised NG Kerk, Knysna 8/7/1917; a clerk with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; killed in action, by enemy shelling, 4 miles south of Bagnoregio, Italy. Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Knysna & the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorials and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 12/06/1944 P9M1-1W1 27

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