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Identity
Person No.
4915
Service No.
101928
Last Name
Dalton 6
First Name
Edmund Robert
Initials
E R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1920 (±1 yr) 678
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
11 February 1942 119
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died of intestinal obstruction 13
Died of intestinal obstruction
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Mechanic
Regiment
1 Squadron 93
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
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XII. B. 20. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 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 Grave
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
Grave
On the panel
XII. B. 20.
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Edmund and Maria Gezina Dalton, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. A brick layer.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "1 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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