Calvert John Pte 4455595

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Name Calvert John
Army number 4455595
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 0
Unit Durham Light Infantry, T, enlisted early May 1939.  ? Posted 9th Bn DLI.  ? Posted 12th Bn DLI. Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS.  ? BEF.  ? Served Iceland. Trf Seaforth Highlanders 24/8/1941, posted 8th (Home Defence) Bn under the authority of Part II Order 8th/29/41. P/A 11 S Holding Battalion Permanent Staff 12/12/1944. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 13/8/1945.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address No family information as yet.
Source table 1TS

Thanks are due to Lt Col Latham of the Highlanders Museum for identifying the later stages of Pte Calvert's service from the Seaforth Highlanders' Enlistment Book.