Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 120492 Age: 35 years old
Royal Army Service Corps Unit/Base: 4 Commando, 14 Commando.
A prominent ornithologist and explorer, David Haig-Thomas competed in rowing at the 1932 Olympics, travelled to Abyssinia in 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition under Edward Shackleton. In 1936 he led an expedition to Iceland and in 1937-1938 led a second expedition to Ellesmere Island via Greenland. In 1939, Haig-Thomas donated a collection of Thule archaeology from Northern Greenland to the British Museum, excavated during the 1937 expedition
[Source: British Museum].
A previously undiscovered island in the Arctic (which he discovered in 1937) has been named after him. It is now called Haig Thomas Island. Its position is 78' 15' N. 94" 30'W."
Royal Army Service Corps Unit/Base: 4 Commando, 14 Commando.
A prominent ornithologist and explorer, David Haig-Thomas competed in rowing at the 1932 Olympics, travelled to Abyssinia in 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition under Edward Shackleton. In 1936 he led an expedition to Iceland and in 1937-1938 led a second expedition to Ellesmere Island via Greenland. In 1939, Haig-Thomas donated a collection of Thule archaeology from Northern Greenland to the British Museum, excavated during the 1937 expedition
[Source: British Museum].
A previously undiscovered island in the Arctic (which he discovered in 1937) has been named after him. It is now called Haig Thomas Island. Its position is 78' 15' N. 94" 30'W."
Rank: Lieutenant Service No: 120492 Age: 35 years old
Royal Army Service Corps Unit/Base: 4 Commando, 14 Commando.
A prominent ornithologist and explorer, David Haig-Thomas competed in rowing at the 1932 Olympics, travelled to Abyssinia in 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition under Edward Shackleton. In 1936 he led an expedition to Iceland and in 1937-1938 led a second expedition to Ellesmere Island via Greenland. In 1939, Haig-Thomas donated a collection of Thule archaeology from Northern Greenland to the British Museum, excavated during the 1937 expedition
[Source: British Museum].
A previously undiscovered island in the Arctic (which he discovered in 1937) has been named after him. It is now called Haig Thomas Island. Its position is 78' 15' N. 94" 30'W."
Royal Army Service Corps Unit/Base: 4 Commando, 14 Commando.
A prominent ornithologist and explorer, David Haig-Thomas competed in rowing at the 1932 Olympics, travelled to Abyssinia in 1933 and in 1934 took part in the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition under Edward Shackleton. In 1936 he led an expedition to Iceland and in 1937-1938 led a second expedition to Ellesmere Island via Greenland. In 1939, Haig-Thomas donated a collection of Thule archaeology from Northern Greenland to the British Museum, excavated during the 1937 expedition
[Source: British Museum].
A previously undiscovered island in the Arctic (which he discovered in 1937) has been named after him. It is now called Haig Thomas Island. Its position is 78' 15' N. 94" 30'W."
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