View source for French John Mindham Private 4461921

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|Surname and forenames=French John Mindham
|Army number=4461921
|Rank=Private.
|Decorations=None yet known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age at the time of his death=Not yet known.
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry - date not yet known.  Underwent Basic Training - posted to 81 Primary Training Wing 5/12/1942.  Probably transferred to the East Yorkshire Regiment - though this is not specifically mentioned in the Regimental Enlistment Book.  Documents to East Yorkshire 15/12/1942.  Re-posted to The Durham Light Infantry 26/3/1943 and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Served Normandy.  Wounded.  Returned to the UK.  Discharged under Para 390 (xvi) of King's Regulations 1940 20/6/1945 as unfit for further Military Service - presumably as a result of his wounding in Normandy.
|Company/Battery=Not yet ascertained.
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet confirmed.
|Task or role=Not yet known but probably Rifleman and eventually probably Section Commander and possibly Platoon Sergeant.
|Joined Brigade=26/3/1943.
|Promotions=Lance Sergeant - date not known.
|Wounded=Yes - Normandy - date not recorded but injuries likely lead to his medical discharge.
|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
|Home address=No family information as yet. 
}}