Identity
Person No.
3015
Service No.
6582
Last Name
First Name
Charles
Initials
C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
36
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed
Durban Light Infantry
(1961)
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes
Son of James and Ada Burge; husband of Norma Joan Burge, of Montclair, Natal, South Africa.
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"): BURGE, Charles (Son of James & Ada Burge; husband of Norma Joan (born Pearce) Burge, of 9 Benson Rd., Montclair, Durban.) 6582 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Glasgow, Scotland; a plumber by trade; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA near Gazala; died of wounds. Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 12/06/1942 PMYD-2LD 36
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