Mertens John Charles Lt 99148

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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, SO III, SO II
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 and his late wife, of Shortlands, Kent and Calcutta. Educated Tonbridge School and Durham University. Married 10/3/1947 to Alice M Anstice of Windsor, Berks, at Caxton Hall Westminster and on 22/3/1947 at Evangelisches Kirche, Mulheim-Broich, Germany. 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