In Memory Of

TURPIN, ANTON ERNEST ALEXANDER

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1920-01-01
Service No:
 8789V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Regiment:
 First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
 1944-05-10
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on a Recce patrol early in the morning of the 10th May
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. A. 10.
Cemetery:
 CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Italy
Additional Information
Son of Andrew Francis Conyngham and Alma von Scheele (nee Ahlbom) Turpin, of Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Bedford, Cape Province. Educated at Templeton High School, Bedford; St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown; University of Cape Town. A medical student. Served in Madagascar, North Africa and Italy. Commemorated on the East London; the St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown; the Bedford Town; the Bedford Presbyterian Church & University of Cape Town WWII Memorials. The Unit War Diary shows he died approx 0030hrs on the 11 May.