Dobbs John Pte 3911393

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Sgt Jack Dobbs September 2014

|Surname and forenames=Dobbs John |Army number=3911393 |Rank=Pte |Age=0 |Date of birth=7/11/1916 |Unit=South Wales Borderers, enlisted 15/3/1940, Served in Home Forces. Posted to 32 Replacement Holding Unit in Normandy late June 1944, Trf Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted 9th Bn DLI 26/8/1944, Class Z Army Reserve 17/5/1946. |Company/Battery=C |Task or role=Section Commander. |Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44 |Promotions=Cpl (with SWB and 10th DLI), Sgt (with 9th DLI). |Home address=Married 12/1/1944. Worked in concrete pipe manufacturing. Surviving Veteran as at 19/9/2014. |Source table=10DLI }}

To listen to a detailed interview with Mr Dobbs, conducted by Harry Moses on behalf of the Imperial War Museum's Sound Archive © IWM, click on this link to the IWM's Collections Website http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80024893