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Identity
Person No.
23667
Service No.
103391
Last Name
Smyth 1
First Name
Eric Richard
Initials
E R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 583
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
02 November 1941 183
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, spun into ground near LG98, in Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB #BD696
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
1 Squadron 93
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
XXIX. E. 12. 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
XXIX. E. 12.
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Richard J. and Doris I. Smyth, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "1 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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