Difference between revisions of "Dobbs John Pte 3911393"
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|Home address=Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014. | |Home address=Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014. | ||
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Revision as of 10:35, 26 September 2014
Personnel Entry
Name Dobbs John
Army number 3911393
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 7/11/1916
Age 0
Unit South Wales Borderers, enlisted 15/3/1940, Served in Home Forces. Posted to 32 Replacement Holding Unit in Normandy late June 1944, Trf Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted 9th Bn DLI 26/8/1944, Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946.
Company/Battery C
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Section Commander.
Joined Brigade 01-Jul-44
Promotions Cpl (with SWB and 10th DLI), Sgt (with 9th DLI).
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014.
Source table 10DLI
To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893
