Identity
Person No.
49648
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Jan Phillippus
Initials
J P
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of wounds in hospital in Fulham, London, England, having been wounded (leg, serious) at Delville Wood, Somme, on 15/7/1916 and evacuated to England
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALL SOULS' CEMETERY, KENSAL GREEN, LONDON
Grave Reference
Unknown
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Notes
Born Utrecht, Colony of Natal, 25/2/1891; an attendant for the Durban Corporation before enlistment; married in the Wesleyan/Methodist Church, Stamford Hill, Durban, 26/8/1915; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915, then the 2nd Regiment in France. Son of Jan Fillippus and Margaretha Petronella (nee Lombard) du Plessis; husband of Eva Sarah (nee Stephens) du Plessis, of Woodford Grove, Durban. Named 'Du Plessis, John Phillip' on the Durban Corporation memorial and 'John Phipip' on his gravestone.
Citations
Unknown
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 #39 Private Du PLESSIS, Jan Phillippus, age 25, Force No 4575, Durban Light Infantry / 2nd Regt: born Utrecht, Natal 25/2/1891; an attendant for the Durban Corporation; married Stamford Hill, Durban, 26/8/1915; WIA (leg, serious) at Delville Wood 15/7/1916; evacuated to England; died of wounds in hospital in Fulham, London. Buried/commemorated: All Souls' Cemetery, Kensal Green, London (also on Durban Corporation, Durban Light Infantry & Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials; 'John Phillip' on the Corporation memorial, 'John Phipip' on his gravestone). SHADED/uncertain in Jordan's table -- this entry sits in the same highlighted block as an unresolved '#38 DUNNE, J.' (no trace at all found for Dunne), so some caution flagged by Jordan even though Du Plessis's own identifying detail is otherwise solid. Not previously on the ROH; a different Du Plessis (Johannes Phillips, PersonNumber 6083, d. 6 Nov 1918) already on file is NOT the same man (wrong date, wrong regiment).
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