Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 GERALD (TOMMY)
Initials:
 G
Service No:
 3744
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 5th Regt.
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Date of Death:
 1916-06-20
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Date of Birth:
 1886-10-04
Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Kangata
Additional
Information:
Son of Gerald Petrus and Aletta Johanna Thompson, of Sterling, Carnarvon. Born Victoria, Cape Province. Educated Rondebosch Boys' High School. A South African rugby union player from Carnarvon in South Africa. Thompson took part in the 1912-13 South Africa rugby union tour as an outside centre, and was capped in three tests, against Scotland, Ireland and Wales all in 1912. He played for Western Province
Commemoration
Country:
 Tanzania
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Cemetery:
 DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 8. A. 3.

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