Clazey Frederick Oswald 2/Lt 126486
Personnel Entry
Name Clazey Frederick Oswald
Army number 126486
Rank 2/Lt
Decorations
Date of birth December 1912, in the Netherlands.
Age 32
Unit Durham Light Infantry - Emergency Commission as 2/Lt 23/3/1940. Posted 2nd Bn DLI April 1940. BEF. Hospital. Posted No 4 ITC 23/8/1940. Posted 10th Bn DLI 7/9/1940. Served in Iceland. Posted 70th Bde HQ 1/2/1943. Posted back to 10th Bn DLI. Posted 6th Bn DLI on disbandment of 10th Bn in August 1944. Posted 8th Bn DLI. KILLED in ACTION 4/11/1944 with 8th Bn Durham Light Infantry.
Company/Battery 10th Bn - Company not yet known. 70 Bde HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Platoon Commander. Mortar Officer.
Joined Brigade 7/9/1940
Promotions W/S Lt. T/Captain.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 06-Nov-44
Home address Son of J. O. Clazey and Marion Clazey, of Falmouth, Cornwall. Buried Grave 12. A. 7. Arnhem Oosterbeek Cemetery.
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