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Identity
Person No.
25150
Service No.
6868
Last Name
First Name
Walter Leuchars
Initials
W L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds
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

Son of Charles E. and Emma F. Thompson, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Ethel Mary Thompson, of Durban. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery

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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 6868, differs from this record's own 6868 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-12-10).: THOMPSON, Walter Leuchars (Son of Charles Ernest Thompson; mother Emma Fanny (nee Leuchars) Thompson deceased 17/8/1938; husband of Ethel Mary (nee Rowan) Thompson, of Durban.) 6868 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 22/11/1906; baptised Durban 30/10/1907; married St Andrew’s Church, Durban 20/6/1936; a plasterer for the Durban Municipality before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at Menastir II, near Bardia; died of wounds. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban Municipality (in the Durban City Hall) & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on commemoration stone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban.) 10/12/1941 GKN1-12M 35

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