Identity
Person No.
2723
Service No.
2394
Last Name
First Name
Neha
Initials
N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,077
Died of disease
Military Service
Branch
Medical Health
Rank
Private
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
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
Notes
Son of the late Edward and Mary Brophy. Born at Durham.
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 (unnumbered) Private BROPHY, Neha, age 21 (24 on grave stone), Force No 2394, South African Medical Corps: Born Durban, Colony of Natal 6/6/1897; baptised Camperdown, Natal 20/2/1906; a fireman with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; taken on strength SAMC 6/2/1917. He served as an orderly on HMS EBANI; granted recuperative leave 27/2/1918 - 26/3/1918 (malaria?); left Potchefstroom for Beira via rail; died of influenza (Spanish Flu) in the military hos… Buried/commemorated: Blantyre Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Cemetery, Zomba, Malawi. (Also on the Christchurch, Addington; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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