Difference between revisions of "Collins Jack Pte. 4456124"
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|Army number=4456124 | |Army number=4456124 | ||
|Rank=Pte. | |Rank=Pte. | ||
| − | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, | + | |Date of birth=Not yet known. |
| + | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939, ? Posted 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI, BEF, Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Trf Royal Army Ordnance Corps 30/5/1945, Docs to Leicester. | ||
|Company/Battery=B | |Company/Battery=B | ||
| + | |Joined Brigade=Not yet confirmed but probably 3/9/1939. | ||
|Prisoner of War=20B 5948 | |Prisoner of War=20B 5948 | ||
| + | |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known. | ||
| + | |Home address=No family information as yet. | ||
|Source table=11DLI | |Source table=11DLI | ||
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To read extracts from his Diary, kept while a PoW, click on these links http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a8895658.shtml | To read extracts from his Diary, kept while a PoW, click on these links http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a8895658.shtml | ||
and http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/27/a8898727.shtml | and http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/27/a8898727.shtml | ||
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| + | The RAOC 1945 Enlistment Books have not, as yet, been able to be accessed at the Royal Logistics Corps Museum. | ||
Revision as of 09:24, 25 September 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Collins Jack
Army number 4456124
Rank Pte.
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age
Unit Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date, but probably Summer 1939, ? Posted 8th Bn DLI, Posted 11th Bn DLI, BEF, Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Trf Royal Army Ordnance Corps 30/5/1945, Docs to Leicester.
Company/Battery B
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Not yet confirmed but probably 3/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War 20B 5948
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table 11DLI
To read extracts from his Diary, kept while a PoW, click on these links http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a8895658.shtml and http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/27/a8898727.shtml
The RAOC 1945 Enlistment Books have not, as yet, been able to be accessed at the Royal Logistics Corps Museum.
