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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Morant John Locke Straker
|Army number=95524
|Rank=2/Lt
|Date of birth=10/9/1919.
|Unit=Commissioned in The Durham Light Infantry as 2/Lt 1/7/1939.  Reported ITC 3/9/1939.  Posted as ITC Instructor 24/9/1939.  Attached 10th Bn DLI 26/10/1939.  Posted 10th Bn DLI 26/3/1940.  Posted 23rd Div Details Battalion.  Posted 10th Bn DLI 21/6/1940.  Served Iceland.  Posted 70th Bn DLI 19/6/1943.  Posted overseas.  Posted 16th Bn DLI 16/12/1943.
|Company/Battery=HQ, C, D, 10 DLI
|Task or role=MTO, BTO, Duty Officer, Platoon Commander, Company 2 i/c.
|Joined Brigade=26-Mar-40.
|Promotions=Lieutenant 1/1/1941.  T/Capt 19/9/1943.
|Wounded=1/1/1944
|Home address=Admitted to hospital 11/2/1944, Rejoined unit, Hospital admission 4/10/1944, Rejoined unit.
|Source table=10DLI
}}