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Identity
Person No.
3127
Service No.
94002V
Last Name
First Name
James Martin
Initials
J M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Unit
Unknown
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 Wilfred M. and Elizabeth Buss; husband of Doreen Madeline Buss, of Durban, 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"): BUSS, James Martin (Son of Wilfred Martin Buss of Moore Road, Durban; mother Elizabeth Campbell (born McLaren) Buss deceased; husband of Doreen Madeline (born Ridgway) Buss of 306, Vause Road, Durban.) (DPHS 1919; Mansfield Rd. Govt. School; Durban High School 1922-1923.) 94002 V Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born PMB 2/7/1909; a shift boss in a gold mine in Springs before enlistment; part of the 12th SA Motorised Brigade Group in Italy; WIA by artillery fire while on patrol, during the preparatory phase of the attack on Cassino, Italy; died of wounds. Cassino War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Springs, Transvaal; the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban High School & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI Pennington WWII Memorial, now at the DLI HQ.) 07/05/1944 GFKY-QNP 34

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