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Identity
Person No.
6348
Service No.
6710
Last Name
First Name
James Godfrey
Initials
J G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
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
Warrant Officer Class II
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
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

Husband of Gladys Yvette Dyason (nee Dunn)

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"): DYASON, James Godfrey (Son of James Meyntjes & Catharina Cornelia (born Marais) Dyason, of 14 Vernon Rd., Musgrave, Durban; previously 524 Point Road, Durban; husband of Gladys Yvette Dyason (born Dunn).) (Kimberley BHS; Durban High School 1925 – 1929.) 6710 Warrant Officer Class II Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Kimberley 2/9/1910; baptised in the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Du Toit’s Pan, Kimberley 30/10/1910; a window dresser before enlistment; married in the old Fort Chapel 2/9/1939; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; WIA near Gazala, Libya; died of wounds. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Berea Rd Presbyterian Church; the Durban High School & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 12/06/1942 G394-CY7 31
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 31 vs ROH 0.

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