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Identity
Person No.
33822
Service No.
72087299
Last Name
Webster 23
First Name
Hugh Alexander
Initials
H A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1914 (±1 yr) 423
Age at Death
25
Military Service
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
South African Air Force 3,509
Unit
24 Sqdn. 191
Secondary Unit
Army
Death Record
Date of Death
21 July 1939 100
Cause of Death
Killed in aircraft accident 1,519
Died in Aircraft Accident, Hawker Hart I #358, crashed misjudging distance to the ground when flying out of mist
Grave Reference
COMMADAGGA CEMETERY, SOMERSET EAST DISTRICT 1
Location
Country
South Africa 17,413
Locality
Eastern Cape 951
Cemetery
UNKNOWN CEMETERY 3,253
Additional Information
Notes

Son of John Alexander and Clara Winnifred Webster, of Commadagga Station, Cape Province. Born Somerset East. A bank clerk. ref. 85 years of SAAF

Citation

"He displayed leadership of a high order. He personally led an attack on the road-block protecting the Pungwe Bridge, and then proceeded to lay explosive charges whilst under fire from the enemy"

External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

southafricawargraves.org — record #33822