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Identity
Person No.
8540
Service No.
2186
Last Name
First Name
Harold
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Lost in the S.S. Scillin, Italian troopship transporting POWs, was torpedoed
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 Sarah McM. Graham, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban

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"): GRAHAM, Harold (Son of Frederick James & Sarah (nee Scott) Graham, of 66 Deodar Ave., Glenwood, Durban.) (Mansfield Rd. School; Technical High School, Durban / Glenwood High School 1931-32) 2186 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 17/11/1917; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 2nd Battalion in North Africa; captured at Tobruk; drowned when the British submarine HMS SAHIB torpedoed & sank “SS SCILLIN”, an Italian transport ship carrying POWs, in the Mediterranean Sea. (Body never recovered.) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Frere Rd Presbyterian Church; the Mansfield Road; the Glenwood High School; the Royal Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 14/11/1942 PS48-BBQ 25

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