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Identity
Person No.
2018
Service No.
102142
Last Name
Bodmer 1
First Name
Frances Bernard Miles
Initials
F B M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 425
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
09 September 1941 115
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in Hawker Hurricane Mk I #W9343
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
33 (R.A.F.) Squadron 4
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
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.
Notes

Son of Harold S. and Alice M. Bodmer, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. B.A., Rhodes Scholar. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. On Grahamstown Cathedral Parish Church memorial.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "33 (R.A.F.) Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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