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Identity
Person No.
9882
Service No.
7293
Last Name
First Name
ALEXANDER McN
Initials
A M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
63
Death Record
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
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
"Royal" dropped 1961 on Republic formation.
Notes

Son of John and Catherine Hill.

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") (matched by exact DateDeath 14 Dec 1941 and age 63; ServiceNo 7293 in this draft not matched against this record's own -- not resolved): HILL, Alexander Mc Neary (Son of John & Catherine Hill; husband of Madeleine (nee Wright) Hill of Lanercost Avenue, Berea, Durban.) 7293 Private General Service Corps Born Natal circa1879; may have served with the Royal Durban Light Infantry in WWI; married Magistrate’s Office, PMB 8/11/1919; an agent for Singer Sewing Machines; died of multiple injuries from a motor vehicle accident at Camperdown, Natal. Stellawood Cemetery, Durban, KZN, South Africa. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Memorial.) Not on Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorial. 14/12/1941 63
Regiment filled as Royal Durban Light Infantry (was blank) on the strength of this match.

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