Identity
Person No.
8553
Service No.
4433
Last Name
First Name
William
Initials
W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Adopted son of G. H. and Emma Hall, of 75, Lancers Rd., Durban, Natal.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #57. Private GRAHAM, William “Billy”, age 33, Force No 4433, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Manchester, England about 1884; a painter with the SAR&H before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA.1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; fought at Delvile Wood in July 1916; WIA (ankle – severe) in the Battle of Arras April 1917; killed in action, at Messines Ridge, Flanders, Belgium. (Grave lost.) Buried/commemorated: Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium. (Also, on St. Marys Anglican Church, Greyville; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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