In Memory Of
THOMSON, GORDON LEIGHTON
Service Details
Age:
30
Date of Birth:
1914-02-04
Service No:
41616V
Rank:
Captain
Regiment:
Witwatersrand Rifles/Regiment de la Rey, S.A. Forces
Date of Death:
1944-10-18
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, while on a recce patrol in the vicinity of Fosso, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
II, B, 7.
Cemetery:
CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY
Country:
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.
