Service Details
Name:
 HILL
Given Name:
 PHILIP CECIL BRAID
Initials:
 P C B
Service No:
 190542V
Rank:
 Sapper
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Regiment:
 South African Engineer Corps
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Unit:
 11 Field Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-18
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Date of Birth:
 1905-01-06
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Cecil and his brother Childrick had met by accident in Italy on the day he died, walked over a bridge to meet Childrick and after a few minutes he walked back to catch up with his regiment and stepped on a mine, and was killed. His brother unfortunately watched the accident from the side of the bridge he was on.
Additional
Information:
Son of Maurice and Catherine Elizabeth Hill; husband of Louisa Maud Hill, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Born Dordrecht. A miner with Robinson Deep Mine, Turf Shaft.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 V, B, 9.

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