Dent John Geoffrey 2/Lt 267295
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Personnel Entry
Name Dent John Geoffrey
Army number 267295
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 1908, Chorlton, Lancashire.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - EC 2/Lt 13/3/1943, Posted 10th Bn DLI 19/3/1943, Evacuated to No 10 CCS 17/6/1944, Return to Battalion requested, No 4 ITC - left 1/8/1944, Posted ? Bn DLI, Prisoner of War, Repatriated April 1946, Released 1946 as Hon Captain.
Company/Battery B, S,
Platoon or other sub-unit Carrier Platoon
Task or role Duty Officer,Coy Cdr GSC Depot
Joined Brigade 19-Mar-43
Promotions W/S Lt 13/9/43, T/Capt 21/1/1946
Wounded 19/6/1944
Prisoner of War Oflag O.79 Number 506
Died/Killed in action 1967, Lancashire.
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