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Identity
Person No.
6627
Service No.
2173
Last Name
First Name
Douglas Haig
Initials
D H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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 Frederick J. and Elizabeth Emond, 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"): EMOND, Douglas Haig (Son of Frederick James & Elizabeth (nee Cowling) Emond, of 64 Oakleigh Drive, Berea, Durban.) (Addington Primary School; Durban High School 1934 – 1935; admin # 5709.) 2173 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Volksrust, Transvaal 22/10/1919; a despatch clerk with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Bardia, Libya. (Also, on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Musgrave; the Durban High School & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 01/01/1942 PS95-HHC 23

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