Identity
Person No.
27287
Service No.
6878
Last Name
First Name
Barend Johannes
Initials
B J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
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
Unknown
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes
Son of Peter Jacobus and Susara Magarita Vermeulen, of Durban. Born Philipstown, Cape Province.
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"): VERMEULEN, Barend Johannes (Son of Peter & Susara Vermeulen, of 30 Bulwer Road, Durban.) 6878 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Philipstown, Cape Province; a student before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; died of wounds received at Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 02/01/1942 22
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