De Wet , John Henry (J H)

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, 1916, differs from this record's own 1916 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1942-01-18).: DE WET, John Henry (Son of Hester Elizabeth (nee van Heerden) De Wet; father Johannes Hendrik De Wet deceased 18/10/1929; husband of Mrs. E. De Wet, 17 Bok St, Comet Dorp, Boksburg North, Transvaal.) 1916 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Cradock, Cape Province 19/12/1903; baptised Cradock 6/3/1904; a motor mechanic before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; died of pneumonia in hospital. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 18/01/1942 GRL2-6NV 38