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Identity
Person No.
21585
Service No.
102498
Last Name
Roberts 69
First Name
Hubert Hamilton
Initials
H H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1907 (±1 yr) 203
Age at Death
35
Death Record
Date of Death
24 October 1942 299
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, shot down by flak attacking ground positions near El Alamein, in Douglas Boston Mk III #AL727
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
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XXIV. G. 16. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 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 Grave
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
Grave
On the panel
XXIV. G. 16.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Hubert Hamilton and Mary Ann Roberts, of Tarkastad. Husband of Nellie Roberts, of Klerksdorp. Born Douglas, Cape Province. A shift boss.

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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