In Memory Of
THOMPSON, ROBERT SIDNEY
Service Details
Age:
25
Date of Birth:
1918-03-28
Service No:
33706
Rank:
Sergeant
Unit:
1st
Regiment:
Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1943-12-08
Cause of Death:
Died whilst a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
III. G. 9.
Cemetery:
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
Italy
Additional Information
Son of Robert William and Elizabeth Lilian Thompson, of 238, Fawcus Street, Belgravia, Johannesburg. Born Kimberley. Employed with Study Department, Geldenhuys Deep. On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
