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Identity
Person No.
7459
Service No.
542360V
Last Name
Fourie 146
First Name
John Frederick
Initials
J F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1924 (±1 yr) 375
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
06 March 1944 114
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, shot down by fighters off Milos, in Martin B-26 Marauder Mk II #FB481
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Warrant Officer
Regiment
24 Squadron 183
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 284. 31
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 284.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Jonathan Johannes Fourie, and of Margaret Fourie, of Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. Commemoration stone in Cape Town (Wynberg, Church Street) Cemetery

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "24 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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