Mason Richard Oliver 2/Lt 138944 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Mason Richard Oliver
|Army number=138944
|Rank=2/Lt
|Decorations=M.C.
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI 3/9/1940, Iceland,
|Company/Battery=HQ, C, Sp,
|Platoon or other sub-unit=A/A Pln
|Task or role=OC, 2 i/c,
|Joined Brigade=03-Sep-40
|Promotions=T/Captain, Major
|Wounded=11/7/1944
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Promotions=W/S Lt 29/12/1941, T/Captain 12/4/1942, W/S Captain and T/Major 1/4/1944.
 |Wounded=11/7/1944
 |Home address=Son of Henry Johnson Mason and Ethel Mary, daughter of Thomas Mason Johnson MD of Salford.  Educated Winchester and Trinity College Cambridge (MA 1957).  Married 30/1/1942 to Jeannie, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Steele of Montreal.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Rank=2/Lt
 |Decorations=M.C. gazetted 19/10/1944.
-|Date of birth=19/3/1919
+|Date of birth=19/3/1919, Totnes District, Devonshire.
 |Age=0
 |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 29/6/1940, Reported No 4 ITC 4/7/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI 3/9/1940, Iceland, Relinquished Commission on grounds of disability 25/5/1945 with the rank of Hon Major (possibly due to wounds sustained in Normandy).
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 |Promotions=W/S Lt 29/12/1941, T/Captain 12/4/1942, W/S Captain and T/Major 1/4/1944.
 |Wounded=11/7/1944
-|Home address=Son of Henry Johnson Mason and Ethel Mary, daughter of Thomas Mason Johnson MD of Salford.  Educated Winchester and Trninty College Cambridge (MA 1957).  Married 28/8/1946 Mercia Lesley Joan, daughter of Charles Albert Pollock , Lydham, Salop.  Author.
+|Home address=Son of Henry Johnson Mason and Ethel Mary, daughter of Thomas Mason Johnson MD of Salford.  Educated Winchester and Trinity College Cambridge (MA 1957).  Married 30/1/1942 to Jeannie, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs G. Steele of Montreal.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=138944
 |Rank=2/Lt
-|Decorations=M.C.
+|Decorations=M.C. gazetted 19/10/1944.
 |Age=0
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI 3/9/1940, Iceland,
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 29/6/1940, Reported No 4 ITC 4/7/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI 3/9/1940, Iceland, Relinquished Commission on grounds of disability 25/5/1945 with the rank of Hon Major (possibly due to wounds sustained in Normandy).
 |Company/Battery=HQ, C, Sp,
-|Platoon or other sub-unit=A/A Pln
+|Platoon or other sub-unit=Recce Platoon, A/A Pln
-|Task or role=OC, 2 i/c,
+|Task or role=OC Platoon, Coy 2 i/c, Company Commander.
 |Joined Brigade=03-Sep-40
-|Promotions=T/Captain, Major
+|Promotions=W/S Lt 29/12/1941, T/Captain 12/4/1942, W/S Captain and T/Major 1/4/1944.
 |Wounded=11/7/1944
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}