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Identity
Person No.
4558
Service No.
102739V
Last Name
Cousins 2
First Name
Cecil Lawrence
Initials
C L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1912 (±1 yr) 352
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
17 January 1943 131
Cause code
AA 1,737
Aircraft accident
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,517
Killed in aircraft accident, tyre burst on take-off, swung, collided with AL713 on ground, blew up at Gzina, in Douglas Boston Mk III #Z2275
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
12 Squadron 169
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 277. 45
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 277.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of William L. and Florence M. R. Cousins; husband of Doreen M. Cousins, of Green Point, Cape Town, 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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