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Identity
Person No.
27950
Service No.
7273V
Last Name
First Name
Albert Bradfield
Initials
A B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
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 Louis A. and Olive V. Webster; husband of Mary Webster, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Educated at Hilton College, Natal

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, 32, differs from this record's own 7273V -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1944-06-14).: WEBSTER, Albert Bradfield (Son of Louis Albert & Olive Verna (nee Brown) Webster, of Durban; husband of Mary (nee Watson) Webster, of Pretoria, Transvaal; they had twin sons.) (Hilton College.) Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Malmesbury, Cape Province 12/2/1912; baptised Claremont, Cape Town 16/6/1912; married St Alban’s Church, JHB 20/7/1940; a candidate attorney before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; WIA near the Paglia river; died of wounds. Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Hilton College & Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorials.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 14/06/1944 32

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