In Memory Of
CAREY-THOMAS, WILLIAM WARREN
Service Details
Age:
37
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Rank:
Captain
Adjutant:
Adjutant
Regiment:
South African Air Force
Date of Death:
1922-03-10
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, shot through the heart by ground fire whilst on a bombing mission air over Benoni against the Revolutionaries during the Rand Revolt. He was an Observer in an aircraft piloted by Colonel Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld
Commemoration
Cemetery:
THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
Localitly:
Gauteng
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
M C
Citations:
EG Sup 4 June 1917 - "King's Birthday" pg. 1069
Son of the late C. Carey-Thomas and Mrs. Carey-Thomas of Penarth, Glam. South Wales. Born Cardiff, South Wales
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