Christie DCM , Victor Julius (V J)

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"): CHRISTIE, Victor Julius DCM (Son of John & Maud Mary (nee Abbott) Christie, of JHB.) 27391 Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Boksburg, Transvaal September 1917; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at El Alamein, Egypt. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 24/10/1942 PSKD-T9T 25
K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026) -- Distinguished Conduct Medal citation, London Gazette Supplement 19 Mar 1942, p.1262: "For conspicuous bravery and good leadership at Salum on 11 and 12 January 1942. His platoon came under very effective enfilade fire from an enemy position on left flank. Quickly and with great resolution, he crossed a wide-open space and was then able to get near enough to shoot a machine gunner with his pistol. Closing in he threw a hand grenade into an occupied and well-protected house, resulting in the surrender of one Officer and 17 men. This cleared the way for a further advance. The whole occurrence took place under heavy enemy fire."