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Identity
Person No.
23180
Service No.
279180V
Last Name
Simpson 37
First Name
John Montagu
Initials
J M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 678
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
02 November 1942 183
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, in Baltimore III #AH109
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
55 (R.A.F.) Squadron 9
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 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 Montagu and Rita Clare Simpson, of "The Valley House", Benmore Farm, P. O. Sandown. B.A., B.Com.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "55 (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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