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Identity
Person No.
6054
Service No.
7354
First Name
Unknown
Initials
C J H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
28
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 Jan A. and Gertruida M. M. du Plessis; husband of Juliana H. du Plessis, of Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa. On Mossel Bay War Memorial, Western Cape

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"): Du PLESSIS, Casper Jan Hendrik (Son of Jan Adriaan & Gertruida Maria Margaretha (nee Niemand) du Plessis of 11 Chestnut Road, Umbilo, Durban; husband of Juliana Hester (born Hammes) du Plessis, of Parys, OFS.) 7354 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Transvaal; married in the NGK, Durban 16/4/1938; worked for the SAR&H in Durban before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA at Tobruk, Libya; died of wounds. (His brother Jan Adriaan Du PLESSIS also died in WWII.) Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya. (Also, on the Mossel Bay War, Western Cape; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 28/05/1942 PS9Q-FPM 28

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