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Identity
Person No.
14962
Service No.
142664
Last Name
Manley 6
First Name
Roland Lionel
Initials
R L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1913 (±1 yr) 376
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
26 July 1942 121
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, in Sunderland II #L5806
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
230 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 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 Rupert W. and Katharine W. Manley, of Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa; husband of Mary Manley.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "230 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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