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Identity
Person No.
9076
Service No.
2191
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
G D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
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 George and Florence Hamilton, of Durban; husband of E. M. Hamilton, of 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"): HAMILTON, George Daniel (Son of George Walter & Florence Anne (nee O’Toole) Hamilton, of Durban; husband of Ethel Maud (nee Cox) Hamilton, of 2 Glenariff, 96 Umbilo Rd, Durban; they had a young daughter.) 2191 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Durban 21/06/1906; baptised St Cyprian’s Church, Durban 22/7/1906; married Catholic Church, Durban 11/2/1933; a painter by trade; enlisted with the RDLI; died of malaria during training. Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 04/01/1941 GXK9-C4B 34

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