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Identity
Person No.
9751
Service No.
2100
Last Name
First Name
Richard
Initials
R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing, Death Presumed, after attack on Bardia
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Sergeant
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 Capt. Alfred and Ellen Charlotte Herbert; husband of Kestell Herbert, of Yeoville, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Durban (West Street) Cemetery

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") (ServiceNo in this draft, 2100, differs from this record's own 2100 -- not resolved, matched instead by surname + exact DateDeath 1941-12-16).: HERBERT, Richard (Son of Captain Alfred & Ellen Charlotte Herbert of Grant’s Grove, Musgrave; husband of Kestell (born Viljoen) Herbert, of Yeoville, JHB – married Bloemfontein 21/12/1940.) (Mansfield Road Junior High School; DTHS / Glenwood; Durban High School 1928; admin #4261.) 2100 Sergeant Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Leeds, Yorkshire, England 1914; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; missing, death presumed, after the attack on Bardia, Libya. Alamein Memorial to the Missing, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Durban High School; the RDLI; the Durban Cenotaph; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Durban WWII Memorials & on family commemoration stone in West Street Cemetery, Durban.) 16/12/1941 GH9V-Q3Y 27

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