Identity
Person No.
21532
Service No.
76147V
Last Name
First Name
Thomas
Initials
T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,781
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action, during an evening protective patrol, in the vicinity of Chiusi
Military Service
Location
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Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry (1st Bn); 2nd Bn converted to armour 1939-45 as 6th Reconnaissance Regiment, SA Tank Corps (Egypt)
Status
Active Citizen Force
WWII-only split: 1st Battalion fought as infantry; 2nd Battalion converted to armour, later amalgamated with 4th Armoured Car Regiment as 4th/6th ACR. Not a permanent whole-regiment Corps change. No SADF-era (1974-92) brigade attachment found in available sources -- left unrecorded rather than guessed.
Notes
Son of Thomas and Catharina Susanna Johanna Ritchie (nee Janse van Rensburg), of South African Railways, Christina. Born Carolina. A clerk for South Africa Railways at Cullinan. He was unmarried.
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