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Identity
Person No.
28512
Service No.
2269
Last Name
First Name
Ronald Norman
Initials
R N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
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 Norman and Nellie Alberta Jane Williams, of 36 Bedford Avenue, Bellair, Durban. Born Durban. A clerk.

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"): WILLIAMS, Ronald Norman (Son of Norman & Nellie Alberta Jane (nee Arrow) Williams, of Bellair, Durban.) (Bulwer Park / Park View Primary School.) 2269 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Bellair, Durban 22/11/1919; baptised Wesleyan Methodist Church, Bellair 25/12/1919; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action, in an unsuccessful attack on German defences at Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, 1st Battalion, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 16/12/1941 PMJR-WT1 22

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