Lavertine John Doris O'Dwyer Lt 127677

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Name Lavertine John Doris O'Dwyer
Army number 127677
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth 8/8/1914 in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Age 0
Unit Commissioned as a Lt in the Royal Army Medical Corps 9/4/1940. Attached to The Black Watch, posted 1 TS 20/8/1944. With the Battalion on disbandment. Posted No 45 Reinforcement Holding Unit 6/9/1944.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Medical Section.
Task or role Regimental Medical Officer.
Joined Brigade 20/8/1944.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 29/12/1996. Death registered December 1996, Middlesex.
Home address Son of Albert Xavier Lavertine (1871 - 1951) and Ethel M Lavertine (nee Gunn) (1882 - 1968). He was a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society from 18/3/1980 until at least 18/6/1985.
Source table 1TS

An Obituary for Dr Lavertine, written by R.P. Britt, can be found in the British Medical Journal International Edition 03/22/97 Volume 314 Issue 7084 page 907.