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Name Garvin William Joseph (“Joe”) <br>
{{personnel
Army number 4460230 <br>
|Surname and forenames=Garvin William Joseph
Rank Private. <br>
|Army number=4460230
Decorations <br>
|Rank=Private.
Date of birth 23-Aug-16 <br>
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
Age 81 at the time of his death. <br>
|Date of birth=Born 23/8/1916.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry,307 Infantry Training Centre 13/3/40. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI (13/08/40). Served Iceland (September 1940 to January 1942). Attended Street Fighting course in Birmingham (Dec 2nd – 5th). Embarked for Normandy 9/07/44. Evacuated to Southampton 01/07/44 having been wounded. Posted to 4 ITC, 17/11/44 <br\.
|Age=81 at the time of his death.
Company/Battery No. 4 Infantry Training Unit. <br>
|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 13/3/1940. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 13/8/1940. Served Iceland. Attended Street Fighting Course in Birmingham . Served Normandy.  Wounded 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Southampton in the UK 1/7/1944. Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre17/11/1944.
Platoon or other sub-unit  Not yet known. <br>
|Company/Battery=Within the Battalion - not yet known for certain but probably Headquarters Company.
Task or role Dispatch rider (as I recall from talking to my father 50+ years ago) <br>
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known for certain but probably Signals Platoon.
Joined Brigade 14/08/1940 <br>
|Task or role=Despatch Rider.
Promotions Lance Corporal 12/11/45 <br>
|Joined Brigade=13/8/1940.
Wounded Received a scalp wound 29/06/44 during an enemy counter attack and was evacuated to Bayeux hospital, spending one night there before being evacuated by sea to Southampton arriving 01/07/1944 <br>
|Promotions=Appointed Lance Corporal 12/11/1945.
Prisoner of War No. <br>
|Wounded=Sustained a scalp wound during an enemy counter attack on 29/6/1944.  Evacuated to Bayeux Hospital en route to the UK.
Died/Killed in action Date of death 19/7/1998. <br>
|Prisoner of War=No.
Home address Married Hilda Parker at Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29th July 1944 <br>
|Died/Killed in action=Died 19/7/1998.
|Home address=Married Hilda Parker at the Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29/7/1944.
}}

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Name Garvin William Joseph
Army number 4460230
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 23/8/1916.
Age 81 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 13/3/1940. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 13/8/1940. Served Iceland. Attended Street Fighting Course in Birmingham . Served Normandy. Wounded 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Southampton in the UK 1/7/1944. Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre17/11/1944.
Company/Battery Within the Battalion - not yet known for certain but probably Headquarters Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Despatch Rider.
Joined Brigade 13/8/1940.
Promotions Appointed Lance Corporal 12/11/1945.
Wounded Sustained a scalp wound during an enemy counter attack on 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Bayeux Hospital en route to the UK.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died 19/7/1998.
Home address Married Hilda Parker at the Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29/7/1944.
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