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Identity
Person No.
9544
Service No.
205487
Last Name
Hazeldine 1
First Name
Ernest Louise Jacob
Initials
E L J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1923 (±1 yr) 540
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
05 January 1943 93
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,653
Killed in action, missing on training flight near Amriya, in Curtis P-40D Kittyhawk Mk I #EV136
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
4 Squadron 69
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
EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY 528
Grave Reference
XXIII. D. 2. 1
Coordinates
30.83819, 28.94707 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 Grave
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
Grave
On the panel
XXIII. D. 2.
Unit History
Part of
Rhodesian Air Force - Squadrons
Notes

Son of Jack W. Hazeldine, and of Mary Hazeldine, of Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. ***Jewish

Research notes


5 Sep 2026: Unit "4 Squadron" (a squadron, SAAF's regiment-equivalent) promoted to Regiment, per John's decision. Corps (South African Air Force) unchanged.

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