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Identity
Person No.
3382
Service No.
2296
Last Name
First Name
Alan Ebenezer
Initials
A E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
18
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
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 Ivor S. and Martha Carlson, of Plains, Natal, South Africa. Born Harding District. A clerk for South Africa Railways and Harbours

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"): CARLSON, Alan Ebenezer (Son of Ivar Severin & Martha Nikoline Johannesdatter (born Lonsdahl) Carlson, of the South Coast, Natal.) 2296 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Harding District, Natal 18/3/1923; a clerk for the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Bardia, Libya. (Also, on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; St Olav’s Church, Durban; the “B” Company, 1st Battalion, RDLI at DLI HQ, Durban & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 16/12/1941 GN6X-RB5 18

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