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Identity
Person No.
5495
Service No.
12097V
Last Name
Debeurier 2
First Name
Hugh Roland Sinclair
Initials
H R S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1922 (±1 yr) 602
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
23 May 1944 102
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action, by mortar fire during the move of "B" Coy from their positions in the vicinity of AQUAFONDATA/HOVE DUMP. This happened around 03:50 in the morning
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly Cape Town Highlanders (1943)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,343
Unit
"B" Coy. 27
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Italy 1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY 47
Grave Reference
II. B. 1. 1
Coordinates
41.47757, 13.82728 OSM
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes

Son of Hubert Christie Debeurier and of Madge Mary Debeurier (nee Rae), of East London, Cape Province, South Africa. His brother also died on service

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