PDF
« Previous

Leith , Robert Blaikie (R B)

Next »
No photograph available — remembrance poppy
Identity
Person No.
13285
Service No.
206137
Last Name
Leith 4
First Name
Robert Blaikie
Initials
R B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1921 (±1 yr) 698
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
31 August 1942 97
Cause code
AA 1,734
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,514
Killed in aircraft accident, 3 crew (2 RAF) flew into sea, while pilot looked at ship, in Airspeed AS.10 Oxford Mk I/II #3415
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
44 Air School 6
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.
Notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Leith, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown

Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories

No stories have been added yet.

Dedications

No dedications have been added yet.