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Identity
Person No.
25155
Service No.
209668V
Last Name
Thomson 43
First Name
Albert
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1921 (±1 yr) 698
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
23 March 1944 143
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, ditched, in Supermarine Spitfire
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
41 Squadron 25
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 283. 35
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 283.
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of Thomas and Ellen Beatrice Thomson, of Van Dyksdrift, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Benoni. A miner by profession

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "41 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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