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|Surname and forenames=Donkin John
|Army number=4441884
|Rank=Sergeant 
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|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 9/6/1922 - TA - 4 years, aged 18.  Discharged 8/6/1927 on Termination of Engagement under Para 193(ii) TA Regulations.  Re-enlisted in the Royal Artillery - TA - Field - 1/5/1939.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  To 11th Command Artillery Course, York, 11/3/1940.  Transferred to South Staffordshire Regiment and posted to 10th (Pioneer) Battalion, 26/3/1940.
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|Home address=Rivet heater, born Sunderland.
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