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Identity
Person No.
5830
Service No.
3378
Last Name
First Name
Michael Gerade
Initials
M G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
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
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
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 Ernest and Kathleen Docking, of Durban. Husband of Johanna Christina Docking, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Benoni. A postman

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"): DOCKING, Michael Gerade / Gerarde? (Son of Kathleen (born Burke) Docking, of 148A Botanic Gardens Road, Durban; father William Ernest John Docking deceased; husband of Johanna Christina (born Mayoss) Docking of Durban; they had a young boy.) (Marist Brothers, Durban 1932 – 1933.) 3378 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Benoni, Transvaal 24/9/1916; a postman before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; taken POW; died as a prisoner of war in a German hospital in Benghazi, Libya. Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 28/10/1942 LBNV-2P2 24

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