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 Catherine Thomson, of Bloemfontein. Brother of Mr. A. D. Thomson, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. 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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