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Captain WILLIAM REID THOMSON

Service Number: P/202950
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Air Force

1 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

6. A. 5.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of William and Reinetta W. Thomson, of Cathcart, Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD" LOVINGLY REMEMBERED IN SILENCE BY THOSE WHO LOVED HIM MOST
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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