Service Details
Name:
 HUGHES
Given Name:
 HAROLD THOMAS
Initials:
 H T
Service No:
 12190
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Die Middelandse Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-20
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Date of Birth:
 1920-02-01
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in an air raid, allied bombing attack at Rosenheim, Germany, whilst a POW. He was with a working party about 700 yards from the railway yards when a bomb fell amongst them. He had been captured in North Africa on 20 June 1942
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles H. E. Hughes and Grace Hughes, of "Glenridge", Knapdaar, Cape Province. Born Burgersdorp. A farming student. He was unmarried.
Commemoration
Country:
 Germany
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Locality:
 Bad Tolz, Bayern
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Cemetery:
 DURNBACH WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 3. F. 14.

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