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Identity
Person No.
10984
Service No.
205902
Last Name
James 47
First Name
Derek Oswald
Initials
D O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
03 November 1942 127
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, on strafing mission, in Hawker Hurricane
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
1 Squadron 93
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 267. 64
Coordinates
30.83823, 28.94696 OSM
Memorial
Memorial for South African soldiers who died at El Alamein, 1942. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_African_Memorial_El_Alamein.jpg)
Names on Alamein Memorial (Missing)
Memorial
El Alamein War Cemetery and Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Alamein Memorial (Missing)
On the panel
Column 267.
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Thomas Oswald and Euphemia Belle James, of Kensington, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "1 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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