Thwaites John Pte 4455894
Personnel Entry
Name Thwaites John
Army number 4455894
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not known.
Age (At time of death)Not known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, T, 13/5/1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion 1/9/1939. Transferred to the 1st Tyneside Scottish 1/2/1940. ? Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France. ? Evacuated to the UK. Transferred to the Corps of Military Police 2/9/1940, and posted to the 58th Traffic Control Company - Auth: Pt II 1st TS 23/40, (BW Book 358 OS 30 shows a deleted trf to CMP 50 T.C.G. 25/1/41 under ACI 626 of 1939). Transferred to the Royal Fusiliers 17/3/1943, unable to trace further transfers.
Company/Battery A Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not known.
Task or role Not known - possibly Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address CMP Books show the transfer in from the Black Watch as dated 25/1/1941 and a possible transfer date to the Royal Fusiliers of 30/8/1943. Other inter-unit transfers may have occurred and need to be verified in his Service Record, a copy of which would be most helpful. He was included in the "missing" list compiled in 1942 and account of his transfer out of the Battalion does not seem to have been taken into account. He was listed as "No Trace".
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