Identity
Person No.
25525
Service No.
P/203585V
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
P W H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
24
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, 4 crew (1 RCAF) missing from convoy patrol, in Bristol Beaufort #AW287
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
El Alamein, Matruh Governorate, Egypt
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Column 277.
Notes
Son of Ockert P. and Elize Truter, of Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "16 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 2
Private W. Parvin of the Coldstream Guards drowned at Palmiet Spruit. His medal, the Queen's South Africa Medal (with four clasps) was auctioned in 2005 for ??220.
William Parvin was from Yorkshire, the notice announcing his death was place in the North Eastern Daily Gazette on January 4 1901. He was 27 years old when he died.
Dedications 1
Remembering your sacrifice.