Service Details
Name:
 THOMPSON
Given Name:
 VERNON ALFRED CARTER
Initials:
 V A C
Service No:
 87769V
Rank:
 Sergeant
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Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
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Unit 2:
 "B" Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Irish
Date of Death:
 1944-08-03
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Date of Birth:
 1911-10-28
Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his tank was hit by artillery fire, north of Impruneta, in the vicinity of Monte Oriolo, Italy
Additional
Information:
Son of Vernon Oakey and Ethel Grace Thompson (nee Field), of Johannesburg. Husband of Myrtle Bingham Thompson (nee Jones), of 505 Mackay Mansions, Rissik Street, Johannesburg. Born Cape Town. A scenic artist. He had no children, his son had died in 1942. Commemoration stone in Johannesburg (Brixton) Cemetery. His brother also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. A. 6.

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