In Memory Of
HILL, PHILIP CECIL BRAID
Service Details
Age:
39
Date of Birth:
1905-01-06
Service No:
190542V
Rank:
Sapper
Unit:
11 Field Coy.
Regiment:
South African Engineer Corps
Date of Death:
1944-07-18
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
V, B, 9.
Cemetery:
ASSISI WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
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.
