Identity
Person No.
2474
Service No.
252123
Last Name
First Name
Victor
Initials
V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed
Durban Light Infantry
(1961)
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
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
Son of Mr. H. H. Brammer, of Durban.
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"): BRAMMER, Victor (Son of Herman H. & Anna Jacoba (nee van Huysteen) Brammer, of Durban.) 252123 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born 18/10/1922; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at Gazala, Libya; died of wounds. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban Cenotaph & Greyville Methodist Church, Durban WWII Memorials.) 26/05/1942 19
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