Service Details
Name:
 THOMAS
Given Name:
 ALEXANDER MORGAN
Initials:
 A M
Service No:
 2763790
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1940-08-17
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Age:
 26
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. Private A. M. Thomas, not satisfied with the field of fire for his Bren gun, very gallantly left the cover of his weapon-pit and, exposing himself without fear, took heavy toll of the enemy before he was killed.
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Additional
Information:
Son of Morgan Charles and Emily Thomas; husband of Eileen Thomas, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia. Commemoration stone in Bulawayo (Athlone) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Somalia
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Cemetery:
 HARGEISA MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Panel 1.

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