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Identity
Person No.
16412
Service No.
100407V
Last Name
Meredith 3
First Name
John Francis Gibson
Initials
J F G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
03 July 1943 149
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, missing Trapani, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #AG977
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
21 Squadron 142
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 George Cecil and Petronella Johanna Petrina Meredith, of Pilgrim's Rest, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Kimberley. A bank clerk by trade. On Pilgrim's Rest New Cemetery war memorial, Mpumulanga

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "21 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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