Identity
Person No.
3401
Service No.
9391
Last Name
First Name
Douglas Graham
Initials
D G
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, in the improvised and disastrous attack of the 9th (Scottish) Division on the German positions in the East of Fampoux. The 2nd SAI, who went in 400 strong, lost 16 officers and 285 men
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Notes
Son of Jemima Camegie, of Groutville, North Coast, Natal, South Africa, and the late David Piper Carnegie. His two brothers also died on service. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery. Born at Durban.
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External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #21 Private CARNEGIE, Douglas Graham, age 26, Force No 9391, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Johannesburg, ZAR; a boilermaker by trade; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France; killed in action in an unsuccessful attack on German defensive positions east of Fampoux, Rouex, France during the Battle of Arras. (His 2 brothers Robert & William also died in WWI; a third brother Baillie Hamilton Carnegie also served in WWI, but surviv… Buried/commemorated: Brown’s Copse Cemetery, Rouex, Pas de Calais, France. (Also, on family commemoration stone in West Street Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa; on the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Me…
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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