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Identity
Person No.
3484
Service No.
102089V
Last Name
Carthew 1
First Name
William George
Initials
W G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 678
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
12 December 1941 153
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Cause of Death
Missing in action 784
Missing, Death Presumed, lost over Mediterranean 30-50 miles North of Derna, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #1622
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
12 Squadron 169
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 246. 38
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 246.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of William A. and Harriet A. Carthew, of Bellevue East, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

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.

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