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Identity
Person No.
9471
Service No.
48129
Last Name
Hawke 1
First Name
Horace Nathaniel Voss
Initials
H N V
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1916 (±1 yr) 485
Age at Death
25
Death Record
Date of Death
23 October 1941 241
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, 4 crew (2 RAF) missing during a photographic reconnaissance sortie El Michelina, in Martin Maryland Mk I/II #AH365
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Air Corporal
Regiment
60 Squadron 37
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 248. 15
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 248.
Unit History
Part of
Disbanded air and training squadrons
Notes

Son of Horace N. B. and Hestor Hawke, of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa; stepson of Mrs. D. Hawke, of Pretoria.

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "60 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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