 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa31 March 1945, pashure pokunge musasa wevasungwa wehondo wasunungurwa asi pasati pasvika zvikepe kana kuti mauto eMubatanidzwa, Thiele nomufambisi wendege wokuCanada vakaba mabhasikoro uye ipapo mudhudhudhu, uye akadzokera kunzvimbo yake yokugara masvondo mashanu musasa usati wasvikakuguma kwehondo muEurope. Muna May 1945, Thiele akapiwa Bharani rechipiri kuDFC yake nokuda kwokuratidza unhu hwepamusoro-soro hweunyanzvi, pamwe chete noushingi hukuru uye kutsunga kwesimbi. Muenzaniso wake wakafuridzira vose. Thiele akasiya basa rake musi wa5 December 1946. 