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Identity
Person No.
8124
Service No.
92976
Last Name
First Name
Peter S
Initials
P S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Lost in H.M. Hospital Ship Ramb IV
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

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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"): GIBSON, Peter Stanley (Son of Louisa Ellen (nee Ingle) Gibson; father Peter Gibson deceased; husband of Ruth Gibson of Hampden Road, Morningside, Durban; his first wife Blanche Mary (nee Parrott) Gibson died 13/9/1934; they had a young daughter Denise Blanche Gibson died 13/9/1934.) 92976 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 18/10/1908; a carpenter by trade; married Blanche Mary Parrott in St James Church 2/9/1933; married Ruth Wallace in St. Mary’s Church 29/1/1938. He served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; died / drowned when the (former Italian) hospital ship Ramb IV sank, after being bombed & set on fire by German aircraft off Alexandria, Egypt. (Body never recovered.) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (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.) 10/05/1942 LNWQ-L14 33
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 33 vs ROH 0.

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