Identity
Person No.
1274
Service No.
SAP/195541
Last Name
First Name
Hugo Amos Willem
Initials
H A W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
38
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Lost at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Grave Reference
Location
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Willem Albertus Gideon Basson and Elsie Sophia Gloudina (nee Engelbrecht). Husband of Johanna Elizabeth Basson (nee Savage), of Cape Town, South Africa. He had 7 children.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project