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Identity
Person No.
28196
Service No.
205704
Last Name
White 60
First Name
Deryck George
Initials
D G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 583
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
20 July 1942 108
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, crashed near 22nd Army Brigade (glycol problem), in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIA #AK460
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
4 Squadron 69
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 268. 41
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 268.
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Edmond George and Jessie Catherine White, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. B.Sc., Mining Engineering.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "4 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

Citations

LG Sup 2 June 1943 pg. 2461

LG Sup 2 June 1943 pg. 2461 p.2461
LG Sup 2 June 1943 pg. 2461 p.2461
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