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Identity
Person No.
7376
Service No.
103135
Last Name
Forrester 8
First Name
Stanley Robert Ellis
Initials
S R E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
19
Death Record
Date of Death
25 May 1941 103
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, crashed at sea off Kalivia near Crete, Blenheim V5510
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
14 Squadron 1
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 245. 43
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 245.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Robert and Florence M. Forrester, of Durban, Natal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "14 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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