Identity
Person No.
9425
Service No.
72482
Last Name
First Name
Hugh
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
21
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Killed in action, in Blenheim L9473, shot down off Portland Bill, on channel patrol had located the survivors of an attack on SS Weknes the previous night, they sighted approx 50 survivors in a life raft and called in the RN to aid them. A little further on they sighted empty life rafts with bodies floating nearby
Grave Reference
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Coordinates
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Hugh Charles and Ann Cole Haswell, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project