Identity
Person No.
7133
Service No.
100236V
Last Name
First Name
Robert Leslie Benjamin
Initials
R L B
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, missing on patrol, in Vickers Wellington Mk XI #HZ524
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Forest Drive Extension, Pinelands, Cape Town
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Notes
Son of William and Beatrix Fillis, of North Shepstone, Natal, South Africa. ***Jewish
Research notes
Colyn Brookes, Mibisa: Volume One – Western Cape (Lulu, 2013, ISBN 9781447682523): Du Plantation Cemetery Grave 847.
5 Sep 2026: Unit "26 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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MIBISA Volume One – Western Cape
open source ↗
Du Plantation Cemetery Grave 847
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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