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Identity
Person No.
20906
Service No.
577388V
Last Name
Rabie 16
First Name
Christiaan Jacobus
Initials
C J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1923 (±1 yr) 541
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
28 October 1943 147
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA659
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer Class I
Regiment
15 Squadron 101
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 278. 39
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 278.
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of Carel Theodorus and Lucia Mathilda Rabie, of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "15 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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