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Identity
Person No.
49326
Service No.
838
Last Name
Rowe 17
First Name
Unknown
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Unknown
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died 72
Died
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Durban Light Infantry 30
Later renamed 1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry) (1912)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
COLONIAL 405
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Location
Country
South Africa 23,879
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Motorised Infantry
Status
Army Conventional Reserve
Part of
84 Motorised Brigade
Lost mechanised infantry status in 2010 "in line with the rationalisation of resources" (Wikipedia). "Light Infantry" is part of the unit's proper name, not a separate documented role stage.
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Durban Light Infantry King's Medal Roll / Muster Roll, 29/9/1899 to 31/5/1902 (V5012/02, Record Office Discharge Depot, Cape, signed G. Molyneux, Capt., Adjt. D.L.I.) -- 10-page nominal roll scan on angloboerwar.com's Durban Light Infantry unit page, 'Nominal roll images' tab.: Corps No. 838, Private Rowe A., "Octr.99 to Dead" -- no exact death date given (some time after Oct 1899). Not previously on the ROH. Added from this muster roll alone; no cause of death, burial location, exact date, or other corroborating source found yet.
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (updated Nov 2023; email to John/Bobby 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_abw_roh_2023-11-21.pdf (Downloads: "0. DLI ABW ROH - 21 Nov 2023.pdf").: Not listed on Jordan's Nov 2023 DLI ABW ROH numbered table (muster-roll-only additions from 1 Sep 2026 pass).

Citations
Unknown
External References
  • K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
    K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (updated Nov 2023; email to John/Bobby 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_abw_roh_2023-11-21.pdf (Downloads: "0. DLI ABW ROH - 21 Nov 2023.pdf").: Not listed on Jordan's Nov 2023 DLI ABW ROH numbered table (muster-roll-only additions from 1 Sep 2026 pass).
  • angloboerwar.com open source ↗
    Durban Light Infantry King's Medal / Muster Roll (Nominal roll images)
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