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Identity
Person No.
3387
Service No.
2258V
Last Name
First Name
Arthur Alton
Initials
A A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
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 Cecil Alton Vivian and Gertrude Alice Carlyle; husband of Dorothy Florence Carlyle, of Hillary, Natal, South Africa. Born Durban. An accountant

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"): CARLYLE, Arthur Alton (Son of Cecil Alton Vivian & Gertrude Alice (born Dynes) Carlyle; husband of Dorothy Florence (born Jackson) Carlyle, of 82 Waverley Road, Hillary, Durban; they had a young son.) 2258 V Lieutenant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 2/8/1917; an accountant by profession; married in the Old Fort Chapel, Durban 1/1/1941; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa & Italy; killed in action; mortally injured while directing # 2 platoon MMG in execrable weather, on a narrow slippery road outside Cetona, Italy. He had risen through the ranks, before earning his commission. Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the “B” Company, 1st Battalion, RDLI at DLI HQ, Durban & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 23/06/1944 GJVB-BGW 26

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