Identity
Person No.
27062
Service No.
P/102692V
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Albertus
Initials
P A
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, missing from sweep over Aegean, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA659
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.
Unit History
Part of
Notes
Son of Petrus Albertus and Ada Catharina Maria van Velzen; husband of Henrietta Helena van Velzen, of Westonaria, Transvaal, South Africa.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "15 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
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