Identity
Person No.
19535
Service No.
221540
Last Name
First Name
Hugh Norman Turner
Initials
H N T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Operation
Operation
Dates
1941-11-18 to 1941-12-30
About
Allied offensive in the Western Desert (Nov–Dec 1941) that relieved Tobruk and pushed Axis forces back from the Egyptian frontier. South African Police Brigade (6th SA Infantry Brigade, 2nd SA Division) fought in the Capuzzo–Bardia–Sollum area.
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force (Reserve)
Part of
Transvaal Scottish, formed 1902 after the Second Anglo-Boer War. Active Citizen Force infantry regiment through WWI, WWII (2nd/3rd Bns raised 1936/1939) and the Border War. Renamed Solomon Mahlangu Regiment 2019. Needs further research to break out exact era boundaries/role changes (e.g. 1953 and 1997 battalion amalgamations) as sources are found.
Notes
No additional information known at this time
George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom) records seeing the grave of schoolfellow Norman Owen at a desert cemetery near Fort Capuzzo while serving with the South African Police Brigade (whose 3rd battalion was Transvaal Scottish). ROH: Hugh Norman Turner Owen, 2nd Bn Transvaal Scottish, died of wounds 10 Dec 1941; buried Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery.
Research notes
Stegmann, George. The Lights of Freedom. Just Done Productions / Lulu, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-920169-48-0).
Citations
Unknown
External References
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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Stegmann — The Lights of Freedom
open source ↗
Grave seen near Fort Capuzzo / Halfaya Sollum
Stories 1
Private Hugh Norman Turner Owen, 2nd Battalion Transvaal Scottish, died of wounds on 10 December 1941 and is buried in Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery.
George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom), then with 1st Battalion South African Police Brigade (6th SA Infantry Brigade — 3rd battalion Transvaal Scottish), writes that near Fort Capuzzo he found Owen’s wooden cross in a small desert cemetery and later asked his mother in Bloemfontein to tell Owen’s parents. They had been schoolfellows (Brebner School).
George Stegmann (The Lights of Freedom), then with 1st Battalion South African Police Brigade (6th SA Infantry Brigade — 3rd battalion Transvaal Scottish), writes that near Fort Capuzzo he found Owen’s wooden cross in a small desert cemetery and later asked his mother in Bloemfontein to tell Owen’s parents. They had been schoolfellows (Brebner School).
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