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Identity
Person No.
14578
Service No.
102659V
Last Name
Main 4
First Name
Donald Roland Cameron
Initials
D R C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
08 July 1943 227
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, in Spitfire IV #BP928, over Mediterranean Sea
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
680 Squadron 1
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 277. 45
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 277.
Notes

Son of William and Jessie Cameron Main, of Delville, Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Krugersdorp, Transvaal.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "680 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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