Vollrath Tham

Career Tham was commissioned as an officer in 1936 with the rank of second lieutenant and was assigned to Svea Artillery Regiment. Tham passed the Higher Artillery Course at the Artillery and Engineering College and attended the Swedish Army Physical Training School (Arméns gymnastik- och idrottsskola). He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1939. When the Winter War in Finland broke out in November 1939, Tham joined the Swedish Volunteer Corps as a fire control officer. He was present at the time when regimental comrade Lieutenant Colonel Magnus Dyrssen was killed. Tham was interred in a family grave in Lidingö Cemetery on 10 July 1995.

Dates of rank 1936 – Second lieutenant 1939 – Lieutenant 1944 – Captain 1954 – Major 1960 – Lieutenant colonel

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