Service Details
Name:
 THOMSON
Given Name:
 GORDON LEIGHTON
Initials:
 G L
Service No:
 41616V
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-10-18
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Date of Birth:
 1914-02-04
Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, while on a recce patrol in the vicinity of Fosso, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Harold R. and Isabel Thomson; husband of Gladys P. Thomson, of Outdshoorn, Cape Province. A Ventilation Officer in the mining industry before enlistment.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II, B, 7.

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