Identity
Person No.
4351
Old ROH no.
36508
Service No.
206621
Last Name
First Name
Henry Stephan
Initials
H S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
Unknown
Military Service
Branch
Air Force
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Unknown
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
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Notes
Son of Henry and Frances B. Connell, of Port Elizabeth.
Citations
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External References
Stories 1
Lt. Harry (Henry) Stephen Connell was a first cousin of mine. He was born in May 1923. He was in the SAAF training pilots. On 19/1/1944 he was injured at 21 Air School Kimberley as a result of a ground collision while training a rookie. He was taken to a Bloemfontein hospital where he died. He is buried in the South End Cemetery in Port Elizabeth. He had two brothers in the armed forces. One was Captain G R Connell (Ray) DFC who flew Hurricanes in North Africa & Italy. The other was Tony Connell, a sapper attached to an armoured division, who won the Military Cross. Interesting sideline... his mother received a telegram saying her son had recieved a mortal wound. A subsequent telegram stated there was a mistake in the wording. It should have been "mortar" not "mortal" wound.
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