Service Details
Name:
 THAL
Given Name:
 BASIL JACK
Initials:
 B J
Service No:
 2763791
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
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Regiment:
 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-17
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Age:
 23
Cause of Death:
 Three Rhodesians in the intelligence section, cut off by the Italian advance, set out to rejoin their comrades through a storm of rifle and machine-gun fire. One, Private B. J. Thal, was killed as he attempted to cross a rise between two wadis.
Additional
Information:
Son of Maurice and Cecilia Thal, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. ***Jewish.
Commemoration
Country:
 Somalia
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Cemetery:
 HARGEISA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D. 45.

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