Campbell Aldo Lionello Captain 138099

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Name Campbell Aldo Lionello
Army number 138099
Rank Captain
Decorations M.C. Gazetted 24/1/1946.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age
Unit Served in the ranks of the King's Own Scottish Borderers - 4th Battalion. Posted to OCTU Isle of Man. Emergency Commission as 2/Lt in the Black Watch 4/7/1940, Posted 1 TS. Served Iceland. Attended Winter Warfare School Akureyri November 1941. Posted 8th Battalion after November 1942 and before January 1944. Posted 5th Battalion. Transferred to King's Own Scottish Borderers, Posted 4th Battalion. Regular Commission in the Highland Light Infantry.
Company/Battery D Company
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Duty Officer. 5th Black Watch - Company Commander.
Joined Brigade Date not yet ascertained but probably Summer 1940.
Promotions T/Captain 15/12/1940. W/S Captain and T/Major 4/7/1943. Regular Commission as Lt 12/12/1945 with seniority from 2/6/1939. Captain 12/12/1945 with seniority from 2/6/1944. Major 2/6/1949.
Wounded Yes, date not yet known.
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 5th Highland Light Infantry, BAOR (1947). Married Miss Gretchen H F Bittner Q2 1938 at Westminster, Middlesex.
Source table 1TS