Garvin William Joseph 4460230
Personnel Entry
Name Garvin William Joseph
Army number 4460230
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 23/8/1916.
Age 81 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry 13/3/1940. Posted to the Infantry Training Centre. Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI 13/8/1940. Served Iceland. Attended Street Fighting Course in Birmingham . Served Normandy. Wounded 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Southampton in the UK 1/7/1944. Posted to No. 4 Infantry Training Centre17/11/1944.
Company/Battery Within the Battalion - not yet known for certain but probably Headquarters Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Despatch Rider.
Joined Brigade 13/8/1940.
Promotions Appointed Lance Corporal 12/11/1945.
Wounded Sustained a scalp wound during an enemy counter attack on 29/6/1944. Evacuated to Bayeux Hospital en route to the UK.
Prisoner of War No.
Died/Killed in action Died 19/7/1998.
Home address Married Hilda Parker at the Church of Christ the King, Warren Farm Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham on 29/7/1944.
Source table
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