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Identity
Person No.
26941
Service No.
5994
First Name
Frederick J J
Initials
F J J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
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 Willem and Martha M. van Rensburg; husband of Phyllis H. J. van Rensburg, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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, 5994, differs from this record's own 5994 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1943-02-04). Age filled as 37 (was blank/0).: JANSEN VAN RENSBURG, Frederik Jacobus (Son of Willem Petrus Ingenas & Martha Madgalena (nee Muller) Jansen van Rensburg; husband of Phyllis Helene (nee Andre) Jansen van Rensburg, of Durban.) 5994 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Prieska, Cape Province 7/12/1905; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured at Tobruk June 1942; evacuated to Italy; died whilst a POW, at Gravina-Altamura POW Camp, Bari, Italy. Bari War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. (VAN RENSBURG, JJF on RDLI memorial.) 04/02/1943 37

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