Collins Jack Pte. 4456124

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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.