Difference between revisions of "Dobbs John Pte 3911393"

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|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Age=0
 
|Age=0
|Unit=South Wales Borderers, enlistment date not known, Trf Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted 9th Bn DLI, Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946.
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|Date of birth=7/11/1916
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|Unit=South Wales Borderers, enlisted 15/3/1940, Served in Home Forces.  Posted to 32 Replacement Holding Unit in Normandy late June 1944, Trf Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted 9th Bn DLI 26/8/1944, Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946.
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|Company/Battery=C
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|Task or role=Section Commander.
 
|Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44
 
|Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44
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|Promotions=Cpl (with SWB and 10th DLI), Sgt (with 9th DLI).
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|Home address=Married 12/1/1944.  Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing.  Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014.
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
|Source table=10DLI
 
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To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893
 
To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893

Revision as of 10:54, 25 September 2014

Personnel Entry

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Name Dobbs John
Army number 3911393
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 7/11/1916
Age 0
Unit South Wales Borderers, enlisted 15/3/1940, Served in Home Forces. Posted to 32 Replacement Holding Unit in Normandy late June 1944, Trf Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted 9th Bn DLI 26/8/1944, Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946.
Company/Battery C
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 01-Jul-44
Promotions Cpl (with SWB and 10th DLI), Sgt (with 9th DLI).
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014.
Source table 10DLI

To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893