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Identity
Person No.
22620
Service No.
103699V
Last Name
Sedgwick 1
First Name
Gerald Tollemache
Initials
G T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
27 June 1942 112
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in Hawker Hurricane #Z5412
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
208 (R.A.F.) Squadron 3
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.
Notes

Son of Alfred C. and Kathleen M. Sedgwick, of Illovo, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "208 (R.A.F.) Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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