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Identity
Person No.
717
Service No.
589456V
Last Name
First Name
George Gordon
Initials
G G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Cause code
DOAS 7,467
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
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 W. G. and Lily E. Ashmore, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Born Natal. An apprentice miller.

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"): ASHMORE, George Gordon (Son of Ernest William George & Lily Evelyn (born Jurgens) Ashmore, of Regina Avenue, Umbilo, Durban.) 589456 V Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 17/10/1923; an apprentice miller by profession; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in Italy; died on active service in Milan, Italy, after the end of the war. Milan War Cemetery, Italy. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 16/09/1945 K8NM-1PF 21

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