Identity
Person No.
27295
Service No.
P/102699
Last Name
First Name
Petrus Hermanus
Initials
P H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, Junkers #656 was hit by AA fire, near Mega, while on a photographic/observation mission. The starboard engine caught alight and the aircraft force landed in enemy territory, just south of the Abyssinian escarpment
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 239.
Unit History
Notes
Son of Mr. G. J. Vermeulen, of Viljoenskroon, Orange Free State. A university student at Stellenbosch University.
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Unit "12 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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