Thomas G. Rae Scottish Military
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| First Name |
Thomas
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| Middle Name |
G.
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| Last Name |
Rae
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| Birthday |
2nd January, 1886
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| Birthplace |
Glasgow, Scotland
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| Died |
22nd June, 1957
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
Scottish
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| Occupation |
Military
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Lieutenant Thomas Gillies Rae was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories. He served with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He served in Flanders and in Europe. After the war he went to South West Africa and worked in the Administration, Public Works Department, where he later became senior inspector of works in Windhoek until 1945 when he retired to his farm in Grootfontein district. He died in Volka hospital in Cape Town on 22 June 1957 at the age of 72 years. Tribute has been paid to Mr Rae as having contributed a great deal to the development of the Territory. He was a capable officer and did much pioneer work in the South West. He was a great hunter, and in 1928 accompanied Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (third son of Queen Victoria and at the time the Governor General) on a three-week hunting trip covering 1,600 miles, and in 1926/7 accompanied the Governor General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (third son of Francis, Duke of Teck, brother of Queen Mary of Teck, who was married to Princess Alice of Albany in 1904) on an elephant hunt in South Kaokoveld.
