In Memory Of
BASSON, HUGO AMOS WILLEM
Service Details
Age:
38
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
SAP/195541
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
South African Corps of Military Police
Former Regiment:
South African Police Constable #11055
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Column 149.
Cemetery:
ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
Country:
Egypt
Additional Information
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.
