Dawson James Pte. 4459362
Personnel Entry
Name Dawson James
Army number 4459362
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth 20/10/1917.
Age 79 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 17/1/1940. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI. Served in Northern France with the BEF. Wounded. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940 at Abbeville. Returned to the UK 4/5/1945. Posted ? Battalion DLI. Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 2/8/1945, Docs to Hastings 4/9/1945. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 9/6/1946.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not yet ascertained.
Joined Brigade January 1940.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - at the time of his capture he sustained a perforated eardrum, possibly caused by a mortar fragment. He received medical treatment but the injury continued to affect him.
Prisoner of War Yes - PoW Number 2768. Held in Camps XXIB Schubin, Poland June - July 1940, XXID Warthelager July 1940 - January 1941, XXID 2 Kosten January to September 1941, XXID Posen April 1942 - August 1944, 344 Lamsdorf August 1944 - March 1945, 353 Hohenfeld March to April 1945. Warthelager, Kosten and Posen were Work Camps.
Died/Killed in action Death registered May 1997, aged 79, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Home address No clear family information as yet.
Source table 11DLI
Private Dawson's MI9 Questionnaire was completed on 6/5/1945 just after his arrival back in the UK and details from the form have been utilised on this Page.
