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Identity
Person No.
28843
Service No.
589845V
Last Name
Woolmore 2
First Name
Harold Thomas
Initials
H T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1925 (±1 yr) 290
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
13 October 1944 194
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY 401
Grave Reference
II, E, 14. 1
Coordinates
44.14397, 11.16183 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
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 William Thomas and Hope Ladysmith Woolmore, of Nkandhla, Natal. Commemoration stone in Nkandla Cemetery

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"): WOOLMORE, Harold Thomas (Son of William Thomas & Hope Ladysmith (nee Pollock) Woolmore, of Nkandhla, Natal.) 589845 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born 19/3/1925; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; WIA at Monte Stanco; died of wounds. Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Zululand (in Eshowe) WWII Memorials & on family commemoration stone in Nkandla Cemetery, Natal.) 13/10/1944 G8KR-P2R 19

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