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Identity
Person No.
20443
Service No.
103572
Last Name
Pocock 4
First Name
John Ainsley
Initials
J A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 641
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
01 September 1942 134
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, shot down by flak attacking tanks, in Douglas Boston Mk III #AL674
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
24 Squadron 183
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 267. 64
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 267.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Percival V. and Mary W. Pocock; husband of Joan Pocock. Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "24 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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