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Identity
Person No.
12239
Service No.
211202
Last Name
King 55
First Name
Eric Desmond
Initials
E D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
29 May 1942 141
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, 20 miles north of Derna, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2176
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
24 Squadron 183
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 268. 41
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 268.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Ernest A. and Janet M. King, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "24 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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