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Identity
Person No.
5567
Service No.
6599
Last Name
First Name
Oscar A
Initials
O A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
37
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of John and Mary A. Dennyson; husband of Annie A. Dennyson, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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"): DENNYSON, Oscar Anthony (Son of John Henry & Mary Ann Dennyson; husband of Annie Abigail Case (born Levy) Dennyson, of 40 Sea Park, Gillespie St., Durban; they had 2 children.) 6599 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Cape Town 1905; a shunter with the SAR&H before enlistment; married in the Roman Cathedral, Durban 18/10/1932; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at El Adem, near Gazala; died of wounds. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) 11/04/1942 P9MZ-GQK 36
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 36 vs ROH 37.

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