Service Details
Name:
 THOMSON
Given Name:
 DOUGLAS JOHN
Initials:
 D J
Service No:
 6348
Rank:
 Private
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Regiment:
 South African Infantry
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Unit:
 2nd Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "B" Coy.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-18
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Additional
Information:
Son of Dugald and Catherine Thomson, of Bloemfontein. Brother of Mr. A. D. Thomson, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. Born Port Elizabeth. A coach builder. Also served in German South West Africa. Commemoration stone in Bloemfontein (In Memoriam) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 4 C.

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