In Memory Of
PAYNE, HUBERT HAROLD (JOCK)
Service Details
Age:
46
Date of Birth:
1895-12-04
Service No:
72867
Rank:
Sergeant
Regiment:
Natal Mounted Rifles, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1942-11-28
Date of Death 2:
1942-11-29
Cause of Death:
Drowned at sea on S. S. Nova Scotia, torpedoed and sunk by U-177. En route from Aden to Durban, South Africa. Carrying 6 passengers, 11 military and naval personnel, 134 South African guards and 765 Italian civil internees
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Block F. Grave 312.
Cemetery:
DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Localitly:
Kwazulu Natal
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Arthur R. Payne and Amelia E. Payne; husband of Johanna Campbell Payne, of Umzinto Rail, Natal. Born in Pietermaritzburg. Previous service during WW1 in South West Africa, Egypt and France. A Field Worker in the Sugar industry by profession
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