Service Details
Name:
 HILL
Given Name:
 THOMAS
Initials:
 T
Service No:
 58261
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Technical Service Corps, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1942-11-28
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Date of Death 2:
 1942-11-29
Age:
 46
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
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hill and father of Mr. W. Hill, of Bloemfontein.
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 146.

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