Mertens John Charles Lt 99148
Personnel Entry
Name Mertens John Charles
Army number 99148
Rank Lt
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Comm as 2/Lt 12th Bn 2/9/1939, Embodied 24/8/1939, Trf Black Watch 20/12/1939, Posted 1 TS 1/2/1940, B.E.F., PoW, SHAEF, 21 Army Group, Control Commission, Demobilised 1946 as Hon Major. TARO (BW) 1/9/1948.
Company/Battery C Coy
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role PoW 1940-45, Staff Captain, Civil Affairs, SOIII, SOII
Joined Brigade
Promotions W/S Lt 2/3/41, T/Captain 23/7/1945, W/S Captain and T/Major 10/1/46.
Wounded
Prisoner of War O9A/Z, 326
Died/Killed in action
Home address Older son of John Thompson Mertens. Educated Tonbridge School and Durham University. Victoria House, Vernon Place, Bloomsbury Square, London, WC 1. Electrical Engineer. Emigrated to Australia 1966 - 22, McLeod Avenue, Roseville, New South Wales.
Source table 1TS