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Identity
Person No.
5379
Service No.
6055
Last Name
De Montille 1
First Name
Maxime Marius
Initials
M M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1909 (±1 yr) 239
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
03 August 1940 110
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,448
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
South Africa 23,862
Locality
KwaZulu-Natal 1,589
Cemetery
DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY 408
Grave Reference
Block F. Grave 123. 1
Coordinates
-29.88587, 30.97733 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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Part of
3rd South African Infantry Brigade
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Husband of Dorothy Frederica de Montille

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"): DE MONTILLE, Maxime Marius (Son of Etiene Remy & Cecile Selica (nee Barbeau) de Montille – both deceased; husband of Dorothy Frederica (nee Ruysch) de Montille, of Warner Beach; they had 2 young children.) 6055 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 17/11/1909; a van driver before enlistment; died in Grey’s Hospital, PMB from shock and injuries, sustained in a motor accident, when knocked down by motorcar. Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 03/08/1940 GFH8-76B 30
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 30 vs ROH 31.

Citations
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External References
Stories 1
by Please contact on 30 October 2001 · via source
I am researching the seige of Mafeking and having read all available diaries medal rolls etc I have no record of this person in Mafeking during the siege.
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