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Identity
Person No.
6425
Service No.
102290
Last Name
Eden 1
First Name
Joseph Oliver
Initials
J O
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 425
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
15 August 1941 124
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Cause of Death
Died on active service 6,447
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Regiment
15 Squadron 101
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
Active squadrons
Notes

Son of David Richard Benjamin and Annie Catherine Lucretia Eden, of Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Kimberley (West End) Cemetery

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "15 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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