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Gunner ARCHIBALD THOMSON

Service Number: 89722
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Artillery

5 Lt. Bty.

Date of Death

Died 28 December 1940

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY

Mil. Block A. Grave 32.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of George A Thomson and Mary A Thomson, of Pietermaritzburg.
  • Personal Inscription JUST A MEMORY, BUT OH! HOW DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (MOUNTAIN RISE) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 109
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