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Hilligan

Robina Gibbon, 1918.
Image courtesy of Mike Hilligan.

Augustus Hilligan,
had issue:

Charles E. Hilligan,
Charles Edward Hilligan, born "Kingwilliamstown", South Africa, 25 Dec 1889.
He mar 1 Mar 1920 to Robina Gibbon [Ruby, born 4 Nov 1888].
They lived Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
He wrote Historic and descriptive review of Bathurst, pub South Africa, 1952. This was a booklet published on 300th anniversary of the landing of Jan van Riebeeck in South Africa in 1652.
Robina died 10 Dec 1963, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa, age 75 yrs.
He died Bathurst, 4 Sept 1964, age 74 yrs.
They had issue:

1. Rex Hilligan,
   Rex Montgomery Hilligan, born Bathurst, 16 Nov 1920.
   KIA in WW2:
   He fought in the South African Air Force (SAAF) for the Allies in WW2. See South Africa's contribution in WW2.
   He was a Lieutenant in 5 Squadron, SAAF.
   He was killed on 27 Mar 1943, age 22 yrs, in action in Tunisia, North Africa.
   This was during the Battle of El Guettar, in the Allied re-capture of Tunisia from the Germans.
   He was killed near Gabes, E coast of Tunisia. Family correspondence says his plane went down near the road between Gabes and El Hamma (W of Gabes). The wreckage of his plane and a marked grave were found a few days later (presumably locals had buried him). The Allied military moved his body to Sfax cemetery.
   He is buried with other Allied dead in Sfax War Cemetery, at Sfax, N of Gabes.
   See entry at [CWGC].

   
   

2. Brian Hilligan,
   Brian Edward Hilligan, born 2 Apr 1922, Port Elizabeth.

   
   

3. (child) Hilligan,
   died at birth, Bathurst, 11 Dec 1928.

Plan of Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Grave of Rex Hilligan (KIA 1943) is VI.E.24.
Think this means Plot 6, Row E, no.24. Close to the cross in the centre.
See full size. From CWGC.