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Identity
Person No.
25337
Service No.
47517
Last Name
Todd 7
First Name
Edward Ayliff
Initials
E A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
16 June 1941 114
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,517
Died in Aircraft Accident, in Hurricane I #W9344
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
30 Squadron 22
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.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of William Thomas Alexander and Ethel Miriam Todd, of Hermanus, Cape Province, South Africa. 85 years of SAAF has him as 94th RAF Squadron

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "30 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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