Service Details
Name:
PAYNE
Given Name:
HUBERT HAROLD (JOCK)
Initials:
H H
Service No:
72867
Rank:
Sergeant
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Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
1942-11-28
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Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Date of Birth:
1895-12-04
Age:
46
Cause of Death:
Drowned 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 Arthur R. Payne and Amelia E. Payne; husband of Johanna Campbell Payne, of Umzinto Rail, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. Previous service during WW1 in South West Africa, Egypt and France. A Field Worker in the Sugar industry by profession
Commemoration
Country:
South Africa
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Locality:
Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
Block F. Grave 312.

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