De Bruin , Marthinus Ernst Jacobus (M E 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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 24, differs from this record's own 27791 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1943-11-11).: DE BRUIN, Marthinus Ernst Jacobus (Son of Theunis Gert Jacobus & Aletta Martha Gertruida de Bruin, of Wolmaransstad, Western Transvaal.) Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Bloemhof, Transvaal circa 1929; a motor mechanic by trade; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; captured at Tobruk June 1942; evacuated to Italy; presumed killed in mine explosion, after escaping from a POW camp, in Italy. (Grave lost / body never found.) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 11/11/1943 PSKR-Z5D 24