Alamein Memorial (El Alamein)

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Location El Alamein, Al Alamein - Markaz, Egypt
Type memorial
Description

The Alamein Memorial forms the entrance to the El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt. The memorial commemorates nearly 12,000 servicemen of the British Empire who died in the Western Desert campaigns of the Second World War including the Battle of El Alamein.
The memorial has a flat roof from which there is a view of the cemetery, the surrounding desert and to the north, the sea.

Panels of the memorial commemorate different areas of service and the location. The Land Forces panels commemorate more than 8,500 soldiers of the Commonwealth who died in the campaigns in Egypt and Libya, and in the operations of the Eighth Army in Tunisia up to 19 February 1943, who have no known grave. It also commemorates those who served and died in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Persia.

The Air Forces panels commemorate more than 3,000 airmen of the Commonwealth who died in the campaigns in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Greece, Crete and the Aegean, Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Somalilands, the Sudan, East Africa, Aden and Madagascar, who have no known grave. Those who served with the Rhodesian and South African Air Training Scheme and have no known grave are also commemorated here.
The memorial was designed by Sir Hubert Worthington.
The Alamein Memorial forms the entrance to El Alamein War Cemetery in Egypt.
It was unveiled on 24 October 1954, by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.
Worthington followed similar principles to First World War memorials but made modifications due to the climate and environment.

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 24 October 1954 by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
Inscription

Condition

Good

Names

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BOWDA, Samson

Service number QX7391
Private
2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 4 Feb 1906

DECLERCK, Albert George

Service number 402790
Flight Sergeant
No. 462 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 6 Aug 1916

MASON, Herbert Ernest

Service number WX8372
Corporal
2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 28 Jun 1900

ARNOLD, George

Service number 407760
Flight Sergeant
Born 4 Jun 1915

MULLANE, Malcolm Saunders

Service number WX8627
Private
2nd/28th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 22 Nov 1902

FLECKNOE, John Edwin

Service number 402920
Flight Sergeant
No. 458 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 5 Nov 1917

MCINTOSH, James Andrew

Service number 742
Flying Officer
No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 25 Mar 1919

BRINE, William Edward

Service number 406023
Pilot Officer
Born 30 Oct 1919

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