McFarlane Edward Pte 4459403
Personnel Entry
Name McFarlane Edward
Army number 4459403
Rank Pte
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 1917/18.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number suggests Summer 1939. POsted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940,and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940. DIED (drowned) whilst a Prisoner of War in German hands 30/5/44, Serial No. 397.
Company/Battery D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag XXA, B.A.B, PoW Number 8456.
Died/Killed in action DIED 30-May-44 (understood to have drowned - circumstances not yet known). Understood to have been buried at PoW Camp - grave details not yet known.
Home address Son of Edward and Margaret A McFarlane. Commemorated Column 91, DUNKIRK MEMORIAL.
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