In Memory Of

THOMPSON, VERNON ALFRED CARTER

Service Details
Age:
 32
Date of Birth:
 1911-10-28
Service No:
 87769V
Rank:
 Sergeant
Unit 2:
 "B" Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Pretoria Regiment, S.A. Forces
Former Regiment:
 formerly South African Irish
Date of Death:
 1944-08-03
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when his tank was hit by artillery fire, north of Impruneta, in the vicinity of Monte Oriolo, Italy
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. A. 6.
Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 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