Identity
Person No.
25128
Service No.
242631
Last Name
First Name
John H
Initials
J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed
Durban Light Infantry
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Thompson, of South Coast, Natal.
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"): THOMPSON, John H (Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. Thompson, of the Natal South Coast.) 242631 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Died during training in South Africa. Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. New Military Cemetery, Thaba Tshwane, Gauteng, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) 16/11/1942 19
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