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Identity
Person No.
850
Service No.
36625
Last Name
Badcock 1
First Name
Peter John
Initials
P J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1921 (±1 yr) 698
Age at Death
21
Death Record
Date of Death
02 October 1942 109
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,655
Killed in action, ditched, in Lockheed B-34 Ventura II #6032
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
23 Squadron 24
Corps
South African Air Force 3,523
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,808
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Egypt 2,947
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL 1,284
Grave Reference
Column 266. 10
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 266.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Charles and Sarah E. Badcock, of Ormondene, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "23 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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