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Identity
Person No.
3220
Service No.
93221
Last Name
First Name
Herbert William
Initials
H W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
40
Death Record
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died as a POW, during an allied air attack on Germany
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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 Thomas Arthur and Isabella Caine, of Durban. Husband of Dorothy Frances Lea Caine, of Dundee, Natal, South Africa. Born Pietermaritzburg. A dairyman by profession

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"): CAINE, Herbert William (Son of Thomas Arthur & Isabella (born McIver) Caine, of 184 Moore Rd., Durban; husband of Dorothy Frances Lea (born Williams) Caine, of Mayville, Durban; they had 2 young children.) 93221 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born PMB 23/9/1904; a dairyman by profession; married St. James’ Church, Dundee 23/9/1932; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured at Tobruk; died as a POW, during an allied air attack on Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany. Special Memorial, Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 27/02/1945 GS4T-9TY 40

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