Service Details
Name:
 TODD
Given Name:
 EDWARD AYLIFF
Initials:
 E A
Service No:
 47517
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 94 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-06-16
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Date of Birth:
 1921-08-22
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Died in Aircraft Accident, Hurricane I W9344, searchlight practice, at Aboukir
Additional
Information:
Son of William Thomas Alexander and Ethel Miriam Todd, of Hermanus, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Prieska. ***CWGC has 30 Sqdn and 85 years of SAAF have him as 94 RAF Sqdn. This man is likely buried in Alexandria as an Unknown
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 246.

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