Sturrock Kenneth Gordon Pte 14421885
Personnel Entry
Name Sturrock Kenneth Gordon
Army number 14421885
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 13/1/1925.
Age 62 at the time of his death.
Unit Conscripted into the General Staff Corps. Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre. Transferred to the Black Watch and posted to 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Normandy. On the disbandment of the Battalion he was posted to 5th or 7th Black Watch. Returned to the UK. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve in 1947. Demobilised.
Company/Battery A Company Tyneside Scottish.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade On being posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not so far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died in Perth, Australia in October 1987.
Home address Married Elisabeth Low in Dunster, Somerset in February 1953. Divorce in 1964. Took advantage of the "Ten pound Pom Scheme" and emigrated to Australia.
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