Service Details
Name:
 THOMAS
Given Name:
 RAE
Initials:
 R
Service No:
 40444
Rank:
 Flight Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force
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Unit:
 413 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1942-04-09
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Catalina W8421, took off Koggala 0256. At 0716 reported the position and speed of a large enemy force, but before his message was completed, was shot down by two A6Ms, which had taken off from 'Hiryu' at 0600, flown by NAP 1/C Hino and NA 1/C Kotani
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG 30 July 1940 pg. 4675
Additional
Information:
Son of Edmund William McLachlin Thomas and Margaret Jean Thomas, of Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa.
Commemoration
Country:
 Singapore
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Cemetery:
 SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 412.

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