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Identity
Person No.
15516
Service No.
205909V
Last Name
Mathieu 1
First Name
Pierre Louis
Initials
P L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 641
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
30 August 1942 120
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, in Douglas Boston Mk III
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight 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 Louis Willy and Marie Suzanne Mathieu, of Vanderbyl Park, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Mauritius. A radiotrician by trade

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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