Donnini Alfredo Guiseppe Fusilier 4275815
Personnel Entry
Name Donnini Alfredo Guiseppe
Army number 4275815
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known
Date of birth 28/2/1918. Mother's maiden surname Brown.
Age
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - date not known but possibly late 1939. Posted to 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F. Captured during the retreat to Dunkirk. Posted Missing July 1940. Later discovered to be a PoW in German hands. Repatriated 1945.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - PoW Number 7079. PoW Camp XX-A Thorun, Poland.
Died/Killed in action Died in Cleveland October 1990.
Home address Brother of posthumous VC Winner [Dennis Donnini http://www.newmp.org.uk/search_results.php]. Married in March 1939 to Gladys Thompson. At the time of the 1939 General Register Alfredo was Heavy Labourer at the Oxide and Cable Works.
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