Identity
Person No.
27603
Service No.
4480
Last Name
First Name
Thomas Adrian
Initials
T A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed 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 Arthur and Adelaide Walker, of Kambula, Vryheid, Natal, South Africa. Native of Durban.
Research notes
Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com): confirmed present in the SA Brigade's ranks 14/15 July 1916 -- "Private Thomas Adrian WALKER, 2nd SAI - Killed in action at Maretz on the 9th October 1918 (Naves Communal Cemetery Extension)"
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Delville Wood Rollcall (delvillewood.com)
open source ↗
Private Thomas Adrian WALKER, 2nd SAI - Killed in action at Maretz on the 9th October 1918 (Naves Communal Cemetery Extension)
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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 #146 Private WALKER, Thomas Adrian, age 21, Force No 4480, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Harrismith, OFS 8/11/1896; baptised Harrismith 22/11/1896; a clerk in Durban before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914 – 1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; fought at Delville Wood July 1916; killed in action. Buried/commemorated: Naves Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France. (Also, on St Mary’s Church, Greyville, Durban; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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