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Identity
Person No.
8607
Service No.
6619
Last Name
Gray 33
First Name
Herbert Arnold
Initials
H A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1902 (±1 yr) 154
Age at Death
40
Death Record
Date of Death
01 January 1942 263
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
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 123. 17
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 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
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 123.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Educated at Hilton College

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"): GRAY, Herbert Arnold (Son of Hugh Wilding & Mildred Mary Gray of 112 Essenwood Rd., Durban.) (Hilton College) 6619 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Harrismith, OFS; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Bardia, Libya. (Body never recovered / grave lost.) Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Hilton College; St. Thomas’ Anglican Church, Musgrave & the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials.) 01/01/1942 LBZN-3DK 40

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