Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 WALTER EDWIN HARTY
Initials:
 W E H
Service No:
 67360
Rank:
 Ordinary Seaman
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Regiment:
 South African Naval Forces
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Unit:
 H.M.S. Gloucester
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Date of Death:
 1941-05-22
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action. Battle for Crete, lost as ship sunk northwest of Crete by Ju87s and Ju88s
Additional
Information:
Son of Edwin Arthur and Helen Marion Thompson, of King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa. Born Brakpan. A bank clerk.
Commemoration
Country:
 United Kingdom
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Locality:
 Devon
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Cemetery:
 PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 58, Column 3.

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