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Identity
Person No.
3274
Service No.
116791
Last Name
Cameron 20
First Name
Robert Edward
Initials
R E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
10 April 1945 233
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died as POW 169
Died whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
2nd Bn. 451
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Serbia & Montenegro 44
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY 44
Grave Reference
6. C. 10. 1
Coordinates
44.80549, 20.49113 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 Joseph Edward and Winifred Margaret Cameron, of Coventry, England. Born Coventry, England. A coach builder. (Served as R. E. JOHNSON).

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"): CAMERON, Robert Edward (Son of Joseph Edward Croft & Bessie Winifred Margaret 9nee Johnson) Cameron, of Anstey Road, Wyken, Coventry, England.) 116791 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Coventry, Warwickshire, England 2/3/1922; a coachbuilder with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured at Tobruk; died as a POW in Yugoslavia. (Served as R. E. JOHNSON). Belgrade War Cemetery, Serbia & Montenegro. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 10/04/1945 LRTM-FS5 23

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