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Identity
Person No.
9778
Service No.
2276
Last Name
First Name
Dudley Baldwin
Initials
D B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Corporal
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
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 W. Heslop and Pearl O. I. Heslop, of Pennington, Natal, South Africa.

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"): HESLOP, Dudley Baldwin (Son of George & Pearl Heslop, of Kelso Junction, Pennington, South Coast, Natal.) (Umzinto Primary; Durban High School 1933 – 1936; admin # 5485.) 2276 Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Pennington 16/11/1918; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Point 141 near Gazala, Libya. (7June 1942 was the worst day in RDLI history, with 15 fatalities, with a further 2 dying of wounds in the following days.) Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. (Also, on “B” Coy., 1st Battalion, RDLI WWII Memorial, Pennington, KZN South Coast – now relocated at RDLI HQ & on the RDLI & Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & on special memorial at Durban High School.) 07/06/1942 G4ZR-4ZF 23
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 23 vs ROH 24.

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