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Identity
Person No.
2804
Service No.
6580
Last Name
First Name
Kenneth Gavin
Initials
K G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Bardia, Libya
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Thomas and Lavinia Brown, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban

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"): BROWN, Kenneth Gavin (Son of Thomas & Elizabeth Lavinia (born Greenlees) Brown, of 27 Wellington Road, Durban.) (Stamford Hill & Stellawood Primary; Technical High School, Durban / Glenwood 1933) 6580 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born JHB, Transvaal 2/6/1918; a salesman before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Glenwood High School; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Durban & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 17/12/1941 GPXK-P6C 23

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