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Identity
Person No.
2135
Service No.
579952V
Last Name
Boraine 1
First Name
Ronald Bennett
Initials
R B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1925 (±1 yr) 290
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
31 July 1944 116
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, flew into cliffs on high ground, in cloud, Salalah, Aden, in Douglas C-47 Dakota #KG690
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Corporal
Regiment
44 Squadron 23
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 284. 31
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 284.
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of C. G. and Isa B. Boraine, of Goodwood, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Woodstock

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "44 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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