In Memory Of

THAL, BASIL JACK

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 2763791
Rank:
 Lance Corporal
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
Date of Death:
 1940-08-17
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 D. 45.
Cemetery:
 HARGEISA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Somalia
Additional Information
Son of Maurice and Cecilia Thal, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. ***Jewish.