Family tree Eric Esterhuizen » William Hubert Hart (Lt) BROWN (1919-1942)

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Household of William Hubert Hart (Lt) BROWN


Notes about William Hubert Hart (Lt) BROWN

There is a Memorial Window to William Brown alongside the
Memorial Window to Robert Hart at Bishops College, Cape Town, Cape Province,
South Africa.
«b»MEMORIAL WINDOWS:
«/b»The two windows are in the South Wall of the Memorial Hall (dining hall).
These windows originally came from the Presbyterian Church, Somerset East and
were presented to Kingswood College by the Brown family of 'Glen Avon' direct
descendants of Robert Hart who is regarded as the first British Settler on his
retirement from the management of Somerset Farm. He received 'Glen Avon' as a
grant from the Crown in recognition for his outstanding services in the army and as a
settler on the Eastern Frontier.
Lt. W.H.H. Brown (1936 - 37) served with the SAAF as a fighter pilot and was
killed in action over El Alamain during the Second World War.
The Hart Window:
Behind I stand at the
door and knock.
To the Glory of God
and in memory of
Robert Hart of Glen Avon.
Died 14 September 1867
Erected by this congregation
In grateful recognition of his
Foundation bequest.
The Brown Window:
Jesus the true vine
To the Glory of God
and in loving memory of
W.H.H. Brown
Born 18 December 1919 at
Glen Avon, Somerset East
Fell at El Alamein
1 Septmber 1942
The inscription on the Memorial Window to W.H.H. Brown can also be found in his
notes
.
Information from the file of Happy Engela:
12141 Lieutenant, S.A. Air Force. Grave XXXII at the El Alamein War Cemetery.
He died on active serv ice during the Battle of El Alamein and is commemorated on
his parents' double grave in the 'Glen Avon' Farm Cemetery.
1 September 1942 was the last date he was seen in operations and he was officially
posted as 'Killed in Action' on the 17th April 1943.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Hubert Hart (Lt) BROWN

John Ebenezer BROWN
1845-1918
Hannah Louisa HART
1849-1932

William Hubert Hart (Lt) BROWN
1919-1942


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    Historical events

    Birthday December 19, 1919

    • The temperature on December 19, 1919 was between 3.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
      • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
      • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
      • May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
      • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
      • September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
      • November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.

    Day of death September 1, 1942

    • The temperature on September 1, 1942 was between 14.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
      • April 8 » World War II: The Japanese take Bataan in the Philippines.
      • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
      • May 19 » World War II: In the aftermath of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Task Force 16 heads to Pearl Harbor.
      • August 11 » Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
      • September 7 » World War II: Japanese marines are forced to withdraw during the Battle of Milne Bay.
      • November 22 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded.
    

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