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Identity
Person No.
2488
Service No.
102128
Last Name
Brand 22
First Name
Leonard Robert George
Initials
L R G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
05 November 1941 121
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, 4 crew, shot down by Italian and German fighters near Berka airfield, Benghazi, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1653
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Sergeant
Regiment
21 Squadron 142
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 246. 38
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 246.
Notes

Son of Mr. J. D. and Mrs. Violet Amelia Brand, of Highgate Street, Maitland. ***Possible brother

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "21 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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