Vernon Lawrence Walter Thomas (27 August 1914 – 17 November 1957) was a New Zealand wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1938 British Empire Games.

[1] Thomas won four New Zealand national amateur wrestling titles: the welterweight title in 1935,[2] 1936,[3] and 1938;[4] and the lightweight championship in 1937.

[5] At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, he won the silver medal in the men's lightweight division.

[6] Thomas died on 17 November 1957,[7] and his ashes were buried in Karori Cemetery, Wellington.

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