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Identity
Person No.
7524
Service No.
2177
Last Name
Francis 29
First Name
Albert William
Initials
A W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1906 (±1 yr) 209
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
18 December 1941 119
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Durban Light Infantry 161
Later renamed Durban Light Infantry (1961)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
1st Bn. 625
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY 382
Grave Reference
13. G. 4. 1
Coordinates
31.54956, 25.16047 OSM
Memorial
Roll of Honour of the Royal Durban Light Infantry, 1939-1945 (panel 2 of 2) Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on WWII Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
WWII Roll of Honour
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 Harriet Matilda Francis, of Camps Bay. Born Cala, Cape Province. A bank official.

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"): FRANCIS, Albert William (Son of Harriet Matilda (nee Willard) Francis, of Camps Bay, Cape Town; father John Francis deceased 21/9/1934.) 2177 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Cala, Cape Province 5/1/1906; baptised in the Parish of Ascension, Cala 4/3/1906; a bank official in Durban before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Bardia, Libya. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 18/12/1941 GTYN-5KK 35

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
on 01 August 2004 · via source
This man was Isaac Bewley, born in 188o at Murrurundi in NSW. He actually died in 1902 by the registry of BDM. He was one of 8 children of Isaac and Sarah Ann Bewley nee Howell.
Dedications

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Source: https://rohsa.co.za/person.php?PersonNumber=7524&pdf=1

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