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|Army number=267295 | |Army number=267295 | ||
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|Date of birth=1908, Chorlton, Lancashire. | |Date of birth=Birth registered Q3 1908, Chorlton, Lancashire. | ||
|Age=0 | |Age=0 | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 13/3/1943. Posted 10th Bn DLI 19/3/1943. Normandy. Evacuated to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station 17/6/1944. Return to Battalion requested. Posted to No 4 ITC - left 1/8/1944. Posted ? Bn DLI. Prisoner of War. Repatriated April 1946. Released from Army Service 1946 as Honorary Captain. | |Unit=Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 13/3/1943. Posted 10th Bn DLI 19/3/1943. Normandy. Evacuated to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station 17/6/1944. Return to Battalion requested. Posted to No 4 ITC - left 1/8/1944. Posted ? Bn DLI. Prisoner of War. Repatriated April 1946. Released from Army Service 1946 as Honorary Captain. | ||
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|Wounded=19/6/1944. | |Wounded=19/6/1944. | ||
|Prisoner of War=Oflag O.79 Prisoner Number 506 | |Prisoner of War=Oflag O.79 Prisoner Number 506 | ||
|Died/Killed in action=1967, Lancashire. | |Died/Killed in action=Death registered December 1967, Lancashire, aged 59. | ||
|Home address= | |Home address= | ||
|Source table=10DLI | |Source table=10DLI | ||
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Revision as of 15:10, 6 February 2015
Personnel Entry
Name Dent John Geoffrey
Army number 267295
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth Birth registered Q3 1908, Chorlton, Lancashire.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as a 2/Lt 13/3/1943. Posted 10th Bn DLI 19/3/1943. Normandy. Evacuated to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station 17/6/1944. Return to Battalion requested. Posted to No 4 ITC - left 1/8/1944. Posted ? Bn DLI. Prisoner of War. Repatriated April 1946. Released from Army Service 1946 as Honorary Captain.
Company/Battery B Company. S Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Carrier Platoon.
Task or role Duty Officer. Company Commander GSC Depot.
Joined Brigade 19-Mar-43
Promotions W/S Lt 13/9/43. T/Captain 21/1/1946.
Wounded 19/6/1944.
Prisoner of War Oflag O.79 Prisoner Number 506
Died/Killed in action Death registered December 1967, Lancashire, aged 59.
Home address
Source table 10DLI