James William Allan Lieutenant (Canloan) 165
Personnel Entry
Name James William Allan
Army number CDN 165
Rank Lieutenant (Canloan)
Decorations M.C. 19/10/1944
Date of birth 23/12/1912
Age 34
Unit Enlisted Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps 3/3/1942. Officer Cadet training School. Commissioned as 2/Lt pending promulgation 12/6/1943. Appointed Lt with Royal Winnipeg Rifles 21/8/1943. Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, CANLOAN, Embarked for UK 6/4/1944. Disembarked UK 23/4/1944. Attached Durham Light Infantry 25/4/1944, Posted 11th Bn DLI. DIED of WOUNDS 1/7/1944 with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Platoon Commander
Joined Brigade 25/4/1944.
Promotions A/Corporal 20/5/1942. A/Sgt - Officer Cadet - 17/3/1943. 2/Lt 12/6/1943. Lt 21/8/1943.
Wounded 28/6/1944
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 01-Jul-44
Home address Son of Alan and Mabel Hagerman James, Husband of Olive Elizabeth James, Grosse Isle, Manitoba. Buried Grave I. A. 12. Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery.
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