Identity
Person No.
17918
Service No.
47812V
Last Name
First Name
Keith Gordon
Initials
K G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, damaged by flak, ditched Cape Malea, in Bristol Beaufighter #NE551
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 281.
Notes
Son of Alfred H. Muir, and of Ina M. Muir, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "16 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
LG 22 January 1946 pg. 654 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations."
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