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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Dawson James
|Army number=4459362
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 20/5/1940, Returned to UK 4/5/1945, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945,
|Prisoner of War=344 and 21C 2768
|Source table=11DLI
}}

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 |Army number=4459362
 |Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=20/10/1917.
+|Date of birth=20/10/1917, mother's maiden surname Lee-Prudhoe.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the BEF.   Wounded.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940 at Abbeville.   Returned to the UK 4/5/1945.   Posted ? Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
-|Joined Brigade=January 1940.
+|Joined Brigade=17 January 1940.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - PoW Number 2768.  Held in Camps XXIB Schubin, Poland  June - July 1940, XXID Warthelager July 1940 - January 1941, XXID 2 Kosten January to September 1941, XXID Posen April 1942 - August 1944, 344 Lamsdorf August 1944 - March 1945, 353 Hohenfeld March to April 1945.  Warthelager, Kosten and Posen were Work Camps.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered May 1997, aged 79, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
-|Home address=No clear family information as yet.
+|Home address=The General Register of September 1939 shows him working as a Co-op Warehouseman and living with his parents, James and Mary at 23 Holystone Crescent.  The MI9 form gives his address as 20, Freeman Road, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Marriage details have not yet been confirmed.
 |Source table=11DLI
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
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 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Not yet ascertained.
+|Task or role=Not yet ascertained.  Probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Yes - at the time of his capture he sustained a perforated eardrum, possibly caused by a mortar fragment.  He received medical treatment but the injury continued to affect him.

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 |Rank=Private.
 |Date of birth=20/10/1917.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the BEF.   Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.   Returned to the UK 4/5/1945.   Posted ? Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the BEF.   Wounded.  Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940 at Abbeville.   Returned to the UK 4/5/1945.   Posted ? Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=January 1940.
-|Prisoner of War=344 and 21C  2768
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - PoW Number 2768.  Held in Camps XXIB Schubin, Poland  June - July 1940, XXID Warthelager July 1940 - January 1941, XXID 2 Kosten January to September 1941, XXID Posen April 1942 - August 1944, 344 Lamsdorf August 1944 - March 1945, 353 Hohenfeld March to April 1945.  Warthelager, Kosten and Posen were Work Camps.
 |Died/Killed in action=Death registered May 1997, aged 79, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
 |Home address=No clear family information as yet.
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 |Task or role=Not yet ascertained.
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
+|Wounded=Yes - at the time of his capture he sustained a perforated eardrum, possibly caused by a mortar fragment.  He received medical treatment but the injury continued to affect him.
 }}

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 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Dawson James
 |Army number=4459362
-|Rank=Pte.
+|Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=20/10/1917
+|Date of birth=20/10/1917.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  BEF.   Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.   Returned to UK 4/5/1945.   Posted ? Bn DLI.  Trf Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted 11th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the BEF.   Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.   Returned to the UK 4/5/1945.   Posted ? Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=January 1940.
 |Prisoner of War=344 and 21C  2768
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 |Home address=No clear family information as yet.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte.
 |Date of birth=20/10/1917
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  BEF.   Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.   Returned to UK 4/5/1945.   Trf Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940.  Posted 11th Bn DLI.  BEF.   Prisoner of War 20/5/1940.   Returned to UK 4/5/1945.   Posted ? Bn DLI.  Trf Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945.  Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
 |Joined Brigade=January 1940.
 |Prisoner of War=344 and 21C  2768
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered May 1997, aged 79, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
-|Home address=
+|Home address=No clear family information as yet.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}