Identity
Person No.
2691
Service No.
9798
Last Name
First Name
Walter Douglas
Initials
W D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
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
Notes
Son of William Henry Brook, of 46 Madeline Road, Durban formerly Dover Farm, Empangeni, Zululand. His two brothers also died in service
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #13. Private BROOK, Walter Douglas, age 32, Force No 9798, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born England; a bricklayer in Empangeni before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; missing, death presumed in Flanders, Belgium. (Body never found.) (His 2 brothers Victor & Eustace also died in WWI.) Buried/commemorated: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing. Ieper, Flanders. Belgium. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry; the Empangeni; the Zululand in Eshowe; ‘The Greenwood Park, Redhill & Avoca’ in Redhill Cemetery, Dur…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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