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Identity
Person No.
4839
Service No.
5079
Last Name
First Name
Thomas Currie
Initials
T C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
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
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 Thomas G. Currie-Wood and Lois M. Currie-Wood, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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"): CURRIE - WOOD, Thomas (Son of Thomas Godfrey & Lois Myee (born Cummings) of 145 Sydenham Road, Durban.) (D.P.H.S., Durban High School; Natal University College.) 5079 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born at sea (together with his twin brother) 5/11/1919; a university student before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action, during an attack on enemy lines at Gazala, Libya. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Durban High School; the Natal University College & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, at the DLI HQ.) 07/06/1942 PMLN-RTL 22

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