Service Details
Name:
 TURPIN
Given Name:
 ANTON ERNEST ALEXANDER
Initials:
 A E A
Service No:
 8789V
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-05-10
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Date of Birth:
 1920-01-01
Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on a Recce patrol early in the morning of the 10th May
Additional
Information:
Son of Andrew Francis Conyngham and Alma von Scheele (nee Ahlbom) Turpin, of Bedford, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Bedford, Cape Province. Educated at Templeton High School, Bedford; St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown; University of Cape Town. A medical student. Served in Madagascar, North Africa and Italy. Commemorated on the East London; the St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown; the Bedford Town; the Bedford Presbyterian Church & University of Cape Town WWII Memorials. The Unit War Diary shows he died approx 0030hrs on the 11 May.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. A. 10.

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