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Identity
Person No.
16301
Service No.
103294V
Last Name
Meadows 1
First Name
Manners Chevallier
Initials
M C
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1916 (±1 yr) 485
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
14 November 1941 108
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, 4 crew (3 POW) failed to return, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH287
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
12 Squadron 169
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 246. 38
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 246.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Evelyn S. and Marion Florence Meadows, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. A clerk by trade

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "12 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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