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Identity
Person No.
324
Old ROH no.
35014
Service No.
542272V
Last Name
Alexander 32
First Name
Theodore Dufton
Initials
T D
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1923 (±1 yr) 540
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
17 September 1943 108
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, crashed on Astipalaia, in Martin Baltimore Mk III #FA649
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
15 Squadron 101
Corps
South African Air Force 3,524
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 278. 39
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 278.
Unit History
Part of
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of George and Elizabeth Alexander, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery

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.

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