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Identity
Person No.
8179
Service No.
102087
Last Name
Gill 10
First Name
George Leslie Wade
Initials
G L W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1918 (±1 yr) 641
Age at Death
23
Death Record
Date of Death
03 June 1941 111
Cause code
DROW 1,203
Drowned
Cause of Death
Drowned 1,085
Drowned, off Crete, surrendering to an Italian submarine
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Second Lieutenant
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 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
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Edward and Sarah A. W. Gill, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban

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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