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Identity
Person No.
10411
Service No.
67572
Last Name
First Name
Edmund John
Initials
E J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Military Service
Branch
Navy
Rank
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Regiment
Unknown
Corps
Unit
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Pinetown Library grounds, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
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Notes
Son of Alfred E. Hoy, and of Catherina M. Hoy, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Named on the Wayside Cross, Pinetown, as "Hoy E., Sub Lieut, SA Navy Force" -- seconded to hospital, Belfast, from injuries sustained in an aircraft accident. Tentative identification (initial + rank + service match; the Pinetown research gives no date to confirm against this record's 1945-04-10).
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum)
Pinetown Roll of Honour (Pinetown Museum), Wayside Cross
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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