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Thompson, Robert Sidney
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Identity
Person No.
25143
Service No.
33706
Last Name
Thompson
65
First Name
Robert Sidney
Initials
R S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Military Service
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Rand Light Infantry, S.A. Forces
106
Unit
1st
962
Death Record
Date of Death
08 December 1943
131
Cause of Death
Died as POW
169
Died as a POW, whilst being loaded onto railway wagons to be transported to Germany, the rail yards at Aquila were bombed by USAF B-25 bombers. About 200 POWs were killed, all who were trapped in locked cattle cars
Grave Reference
III. G. 9.
1
Location
Country
Italy
1,880
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
ANCONA WAR CEMETERY
81
Coordinates
43.58699, 13.52365
Additional Information
Notes
On Jeppe High School for Boys Roll of Honour
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #25143