Neill George Albert William Captain 58433 - Revision history

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	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Canterbury_(1929)]. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser Admiral Hipper [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper] 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to ~~Durgan~~ - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as ~~DADH~~. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Canterbury_(1929)]. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser Admiral Hipper [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper] 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durban - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area, North Africa with effect from 25/2/1941 as Deputy Assistant Director of Health. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.

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	\|Home address=Married Edith E. Cromb at Horncastle in July 1938. Registered Q3 1938 - Lincolnshire. Lived at 2, Wellfield Road, Barnsley until his death in 1996.		\|Home address=Married Edith E. Cromb at Horncastle in July 1938. Registered Q3 1938 - Lincolnshire. Lived at 2, Wellfield Road, Barnsley until his death in 1996.
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			Grateful thanks are due to Lt Col Neill's great nephew for much of the information on this Page.

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	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Canterbury_(1929)]. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Canterbury_(1929)]. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser Admiral Hipper [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper] 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.

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	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSS_Canterbury_(1929)]. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.

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	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [~~[click~~ http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307 ~~here]~~]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.

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	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [click http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307 here]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [[click http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307 here]]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.

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	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [~~see~~ http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [click http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307 here]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Neill George Albert William.
|Army number=58433.
|Rank=Captain.
|Decorations=Currently being identified.
|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
|Age=86 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - probably from Dunkirk. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete.
|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
|Task or role=Officer Commanding.
|Promotions=Captain - mentioned as such in Gazette, dated 18/6/1937, but promotion entry not apparently published. Acting Major 31/1/1940. Lieutenant Colonel.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured on Crete. Held in Stalags XVIII and 383. P.o.W. Number not yet known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died October 1996, at Barnsley.
|Home address=Married Edith E. Cromb at Horncastle in July 1938. Registered Q3 1938 - Lincolnshire.
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	\|Army number=58433.		\|Army number=58433.
	\|Rank=Captain.		\|Rank=Captain.
	\|Decorations=~~Currently being identified~~.		\|Decorations=O.B.E., Order of St John, 39-45 Campaign Star, Africa Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, QE II Coronation Medal, KG VI Territorial Efficiency Medal and four bars 1947.
	\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.		\|Date of birth=22/2/1910.
	\|Age=86 at the time of his death.		\|Age=86 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - ~~probably from~~ Dunkirk. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete.		\|Unit=Commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Medical Corps - gazetted 7/3/1933. Posted 33rd Field Hygiene Section January 1940 and took up post 30/1/1940. Served with the B.E.F. in France. Evacuated - via Dunkirk on H.M. Transport (T.S.S.) Canterbury. Reported to Launceston, Cornwall until 6/10/1940. Departed Glasgow on H.M.T. K4. Ship attacked by aircraft 9/10/1940 and returned for repairs. Moved to Oswestry. Departed LIverpool on H.M.T. J4 (Tamaroa) 15/12/1940 [see http://collections.anmm.gov.au/objects/162307]. Attacked by German Cruiser 25/12/1940 but proceeded to Freetown - Sierra Leone - January 1941, then on to Durgan - arriving Suez 16/2/1941. Relinquished command of Unit 25/2/1941. Posted 81 Base Sub Area with effect from 25/2/1941 as DADH. Served Crete. Reported Missing 28/4/1941. Confirmed as having been taken Prisoner of War 23/8/1941.
	\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.		\|Company/Battery=33rd Field Hygiene Section.
	\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.		\|Task or role=Officer Commanding.
	\|Promotions=Captain - mentioned as such in Gazette, dated 18/6/1937, but promotion entry not apparently published. Acting Major 31/1/1940. Lieutenant Colonel.		\|Promotions=Captain - mentioned as such in Gazette, dated 18/6/1937, but promotion entry not apparently published. Acting Major 31/1/1940. Lieutenant Colonel.
	\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.		\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured on Crete. Held in Stalags XVIII and 383. P.o.W. Number ~~not yet known~~.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured on Crete. Held in Stalags XVIII and 383. P.o.W. Number 1021.
	\|Died/Killed in action=Died October 1996, at Barnsley.		\|Died/Killed in action=Died October 1996, at Barnsley.
	\|Home address=Married Edith E. Cromb at Horncastle in July 1938. Registered Q3 1938 - Lincolnshire.		\|Home address=Married Edith E. Cromb at Horncastle in July 1938. Registered Q3 1938 - Lincolnshire. Lived at 2, Wellfield Road, Barnsley until his death in 1996.
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