Macnamara John Philip Lt Col 5347

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Name Macnamara John Philip
Army number 5347
Rank Lt Col
Decorations M.i.D. 27/9/45, 19/9/46.
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Age 0
Unit Royal Army Medical Corps, Posted 187 Fd Ambulance - took command 17/1/1940, Iceland, Posted as CO Bracebridge Military Hospital 9/5/1942 to 7/1942, ADMS HQ Gold Coast 1943/44, ADMS West African Div 1944/45, ADMS N Burma 1945/46, CO Mil Hosp Chepstow 1947
Company/Battery HQ
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role C.O.
Joined Brigade 17-Jan-40
Promotions Col 13/8/1947, Brig 20/2/1945
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 01-Aug-62
Home address Born Dublin. Qualified Trinity College, Dublin. Commissioned Lt 9/8/1914, Mobilised 1/1/1917, Captain 1/7/1920, Major 1/1/1929, Lt Col 17/4/1940, Final post DDMS East Africa Command 1949/50.
Source table 187F