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Identity
Person No.
4364
Service No.
6591
Last Name
Conolly 1
First Name
Walter Wilson
Initials
W W
Date of Birth
01 January 1914 263
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
24 October 1942 299
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds 2,436
Died of wounds, at El Alamein, Egypt
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XI. F. 25. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 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
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Grave
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Grave
On the panel
XI. F. 25.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Attended Glenwood High School, Durban

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"): CONOLLY, Walter Wilson (Son of Walter William & Charlotte Ida (born Wilson) Conolly; husband of Daphne Marion (born Chamier) Conolly of 294 Essenwood Road, Durban.) (Warner Beach Primary; DTHS / Glenwood 1917) 6591 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Pretoria 1/8/1912; worked for the SAR&H before enlistment; married Durban 23/8/1939; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA during the Battle of El Alamein, Egypt; died of wounds. El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Glenwood High School & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 24./10/1942 G7XH-L1N 30
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 30 vs ROH 0.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Thomas Conolly on 06 June 2017
Walter Conolly, born 1914, died 1942 in El Alamein, Egypt.
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