Identity
Person No.
9489
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Arthur St. George
Initials
A S G
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
26
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,779
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, likely sunk while attacking a convoy about 30 nautical miles south-west of Gavdos Island in position 34 25'N, 22 36'E. At 1255 hours one of the escorting Ju-88 aircraft was seen to machine-gun the surface of the sea about 5000 yards ahead of the convoy and the Italian torpedo boat Pegaso moved in to investigate. Four minutes after the aircraft attack, Pegaso picked up a contact and carried out seven depth charge attacks. At 1345 hours an enormous air bubble was seen, followed by a large oil slick. Pegaso was escorting the transport Istria (5441 GRT, built 1921) on passage from Benghazi to Piraeus. HMS Thorn was declared overdue on 11 August 1942 when she did not arrive at Beirut
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Pinetown Library grounds, Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Harold Edward and Lena Hilary Hawksworth. On Pinetown, Kwazulu Natal Memorial
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Pinetown Roll of Honour confirms exactly: Lt S.G. Hawksworth, Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, served in submarines (H.M. Submarine Thorn), killed 11-08-1942 off Libya. Named on the Wayside Cross, Pinetown.
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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