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Identity
Person No.
7926
Service No.
2500
Last Name
First Name
James
Initials
J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Died whilst a POW
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Locality
Unknown
Grave Reference
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of James and Ann Gauld, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (Stellawood) Cemetery

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"): GAULD, James “Jimmy” (Son of Marian Mary (nee Stuart) Gauld of Durban; father James Gauld deceased 20/12/1940.) 2500 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born South Africa circa 1916; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; taken prisoner at Tobruk, Libya; died whilst a POW in Czechoslovakia. Prague War Cemetery, Czech Republic. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on family commemoration stone in Stellawood Cemetery, Durban.) 24/08/1944 PSQR-3M4 28
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 28 vs ROH 0.

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