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Identity
Person No.
6216
Service No.
103141V
Last Name
Duckitt 3
First Name
Henry Van Breda
Initials
H V B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1919 (±1 yr) 581
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
03 June 1944 111
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, shot down while attacking German supply ships in Iraklion harbour, Crete, in Liberator B24J Mk VI #EW197
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Captain
Regiment
31 Squadron 97
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 281. 19
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 281.
Notes

Son of Frederick J. and Grace B. Duckitt, of Darling, Cape Province, South Africa.

Research notes

Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Alamein, Memorial Egypt Column 281.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "31 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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