Identity
Person No.
28783
Service No.
6490V
Last Name
First Name
Maurice Jasper
Initials
M J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during an enemy ambush while accompanying a mule train transporting bombs from La Quercia to the Palazzo area, in Italy
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Royal Natal Carbineers 221
Later renamed
Natal Carbineers
(1961)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Pinetown Library grounds, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of John Braby and Agnes Mary Wood, of Lauth Road, Pinetown, Natal. Born Crawley, West Sussex, England. A Trade Reference Reporter. He was unmarried and had 2 brothers. Commemoration stone in Pinetown (St. John's) Cemetery, Kwazulu Natal. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Possible identification with the Wayside Cross, Pinetown's "Wood M.J. (Jasper), Pte, Natal Mounted Rifles, mortar troop, died in Italy" -- unit here is Royal Natal Carbineers, not NMR; initials/nickname otherwise match well. Not resolved.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum)
Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum), Wayside Cross
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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