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Identity
Person No.
27532
Service No.
2123V
Last Name
First Name
John Patrick
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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 John and Annie Margaret Wade, of Durban, Natal. His father also died in service. 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, 2123, differs from this record's own 2123V -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1945-11-11).: WADE, John Patrick “Zulu” (Son of Annie Margaret (nee Dunne) Wade, of Durban; father John Wade deceased 2/10/1941.) 2123 V Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Mosely, Pinetown, Natal; a machinist before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; died at the 8th British Casualty Station near Alassio, Italy after the end of WWII. (His father also died during WWII.) Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on parents’ gravestone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa.) 11/11/1945 GK78-TWB 25

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