Identity
Person No.
11175
Service No.
778264
Last Name
First Name
Leonard Thomas
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L T
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
31
Military Service
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(Name may have been spelled Jearey). Born Muizenberg, Cape, in 1910, and entered Lloyd House in 1922. Before leaving in 1927 he was a lance-corporal in the Cadets; a member of the Rugby XV; represented the School boxing team from 1923 to 1927, winning in the latter year the inter-school light-heavy championship; in 1924 he won the School under 14 swimming championship. In 1931, he went to England and served in the Air Force there for three years with a short-service commission. He took a prominent part in boxing and represented the R.A.F. After serving with the R.A.F. in Egypt, he returned to Rhodesia and went mining. He joined the Air Force again soon after the outbreak of war. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
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External Source
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South African War Graves Project