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Identity
Person No.
6381
Service No.
207208V
Last Name
Earl 4
First Name
Alan
Initials
A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
28 January 1944 117
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, missing from convoy escort off Cyprus, in Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #FP586
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
17 Squadron 77
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 282. 23
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 282.
Notes

Son of Percival and Violet Rosaline Earl, of P. O. Somerset West. Born Victoria West

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "17 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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