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Identity
Person No.
3290
Service No.
103136V
Last Name
Campbell 54
First Name
Athol Urban Marshall
Initials
A U M
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
08 May 1941 120
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,517
Killed in aircraft accident, in Maryland II #AH285
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
39 (R.A.F.) Squadron 3
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 245. 43
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 245.
Notes

Son of William A. and Edith M. Campbell, of Mount Edgecombe, Natal, South Africa. On Kearsney College Roll of Honour

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "39 (R.A.F.) Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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