Service Details
Name:
 POPHAM
Given Name:
 EDWARD WILLIAM LEYBORE
Initials:
 E W L
Service No:
 103215
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 5 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-31
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Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, collided with AM474 belly landed in desert, in Curtiss Tomahawk Mk IIB #AM471
Additional
Information:
Son of Colonel and Mrs. E. L. Popham.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 267.

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