Service Details
Name:
 THOMAS
Given Name:
 WILLIAM OLDS
Initials:
 W O
Service No:
 3744
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1918-09-12
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Drowned at sea (from S.S. "Galway Castle"), as a result of an attack by an enemy submarine 160 miles S.W. and .5 S. of the Fastnet
Additional
Information:
Son of George Francis Thomas, M.A. Served in France and German South West Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Hampshire
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Cemetery:
 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 50.

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