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
Military Service
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Unknown
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Son of Henry and Frances B. Connell, of Port Elizabeth.
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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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