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Private JOHN THORNE

Service Number: 118231V
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Reserve Brigade, S.A. Forces

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1945

Age 59 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (PLUMSTEAD) CEMETERY

Grave UL. 146.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John and S Thorne; husband of Elizabeth J Thorne, of Cape Town.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, SONS AND DAUGHTERS
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