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Identity
Person No.
25163
Service No.
6348
Last Name
Thomson 42
First Name
Douglas John
Initials
D J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1892 (±1 yr) 469
Age at Death
24
Military Service
Rank
Private
Regiment
South African Infantry 5,581
Unit
2nd Regt. 1,351
Secondary Unit
"B" Coy.
Defence Force
UDF 22,700
Union Defence Force
Death Record
Date of Death
18 July 1916 358
Cause code
KIA 14,310
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,230
Killed in action, at Delville Wood
Grave Reference
Pier and Face 4 C. 828
Location
Country
France 5,136
Locality
Somme 2,465
Cemetery
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL 959
Coordinates
50.05081, 2.68569
Notes

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

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