<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-March 31, 1945, ngemva kokukhululwa kwekamu leziboshwa kodwa ngaphambi kokuba kufike noma yiziphi izinto zokuhamba noma amabutho ahlangene, uThiele nesosha laseCanada labagibeli bezindiza bantshontsha amabhayisikili base bethatha isithuthuthu, futhi wabuyela esikhungweni sakhe amasonto amahlanu ngaphambi kokuphela kwempi eYurophu  <response>: . futhi. NgoMeyi ka-1945, uThiele wanikezwa i-Bar yesibili ku-DFC yakhe ngokubonisa izimfanelo eziphakeme kakhulu zekhono, kanye nesibindi esikhulu nokuzimisela kwensimbi. Isibonelo sakhe siye sasikhuthaza sonke. UThiele wasula esikhundleni sakhe ngomhlaka 5 Disemba 1946. 