In Memory Of

THOMAS, JAMES ALLAN

Service Details
Age:
 21
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 82532086PE
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Unit:
 701 Battalion
Regiment:
 South West African Territory Force
Date of Death:
 1988-02-29
Cause of Death:
 Died in Freak Accident, accidentally drowned with two others when they got into difficulties while swimming through one of the sluices at Cuquleti near the Calueque Dam. The Lieutenant jumped into a tube with a rope tied around it in an attempt to save the other two but the rope separated and he was also sucked into the sluice and drowned. Despite an intensive search over the next few weeks, only the body of Rifleman Howse was recovered. Lieutenant Thomas and Lance Corporal Dorfling have no known grave and remain unaccounted for
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Panel 16 - Body not recovered.
Cemetery:
 SADF WALL OF REMEMBRANCE, VOORTREKKER MONUMENT, PRETORIA
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Honoris Crux (Posthumous)
No additional information known at this time