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2015.044.009
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Coin -1st Cdn Div Horseshoe Champs, 1941
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Coin - 1st Canadian Division Horseshoe Champs, 1941
Coin - 1st Canadian Division Sports Day Horseshoe pitching Champions, 1941. This coin was awarded to R.M. Thomas.
NOTE: He is listed as "M.M. Thomas" not "R.M. Thomas" in the nominal roll.
Cpl. Ros-Eri Morris (R.E.M.) Thomas, MM, #K52839 was awarded the Military Medal (for bravery) while in the Seaforth Medical Section. He and members of his section braved enemy fire to gather up six wounded Seaforths and bring them a long distance back during the night of 6 -7 October, 1943 at Hill 1007 and Decorata.
He joined the Seafoths on 2 October, 1939 and he left on 23 December, 1943 because he was wounded at Ortona.He later became a member of the Regimental Association.

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