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Identity
Person No.
21676
Service No.
208419
Last Name
Robinson 43
First Name
Henry Netlan
Initials
H N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1909 (±1 yr) 239
Age at Death
33
Death Record
Date of Death
03 November 1942 127
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, ditched at Port Elizabeth, in Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6053
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Mechanic
Regiment
25 Squadron 23
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 268. 41
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 268.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Maurice and Charlotte Robinson; husband of Marion Elizabeth Robinson, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "25 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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