MacQueen Andrew Cpl 3323384
Personnel Entry
Name MacQueen Andrew
Army number 3323384
Rank Corporal.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 29 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry, date not yet ascertained. Transferred to the Black Watch and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Iceland. Transferred to the Corps of Military Police 25/5/41. Posted to Iceland Force Provost Company (Authority:- Iceland ( C) HQ 31/5/41 Ref 777/A9/3, Part II Order TS 45/41). Posted to 244 Provost Company. Served Normandy and North West Europe. DIED 20/12/1944 while with the Corps of Military Police.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman. Military Policeman.
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed.
Promotions None known beyond Corporal.
Wounded Yes - Antwerp 27/11/1944 causing injuries from which he died on 20/12/1944.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action 20-Dec-44 Buried Grave V.A.75. Schoonselhof Cemetery. Died as a result of injuries sustained on 27/11/44 in a V1 attack on the CMP Information Post, Antwerp. Headstone inscription reads: TILL THE DAWN BREAKS AND SHADOWS FLEE. FOR EVER REMEMBERED.
Home address Son of George and Margaret Norrie MacQueen of Dundee, husband of Margaret MacQueen of Dundee. Lived at 36, Cotton Road, Dundee.
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