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Identity
Person No.
1956
Service No.
205731V
Last Name
Bliss 2
First Name
William John Kennedy
Initials
W J K
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
23 July 1943 127
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, missing, in Hawker Hurricane Mk II #HV492
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
41 Squadron 25
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.
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of Ernest G. and Ellen E. Bliss, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "41 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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