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Identity
Person No.
9783
Service No.
5101
Last Name
First Name
Hillis James
Initials
H J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, at Bardia, Libya
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
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

Foster-son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. B. Mallet, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, 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"): HESSELMAN, Hillis James (Son of James Henry & Florence Eva (nee Dunnett) Hesselman – both deceased; foster-son of Mr. & Mrs. A. C. B. Mallet, of 43 Waverly Road, Hillary.) (Bellair Primary; Glenwood 1934-37) 5101 Private Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Dundee, Natal 6/11/1920; a clerk before enlistment; served with the 1st Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action, at Bardia, Libya. Not on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; on the Glenwood High School WWII Memorials & on “B” Company, RDLI WWII Memorial, - originally at Pennington, now housed at the DLI HQ.) 16/12/1941 G637-LHX 21
CONFLICT vs Jordan RDLI WWII draft (not resolved, ROH value kept): Age: Jordan 21 vs ROH 22.

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