Oldham John Lt QM 92055
Personnel Entry
Name Oldham John
Army number 92055
Rank Lt QM
Decorations M.C. 20/12/1940, psc
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Royal Engineers - enlisted 1920 and reached the rank of Staff Sergeant. Commissioned in to The Durham Light Infantry - Commissioned as Lt QM on 21/6/1939. Posted 6th Bn DLI. Embodied 24/8/1939. Posted 10th Bn DLI 1/9/1939. Served BEF? South Devon Sub-Area 1/8/1940. Relinquished TA Commission on being appointed to an Emergency Commission as Lt 7/8/1940. Served Iceland. Left 10th Bn by January 1942. Posted to Junior Leaders' School. Unemployed list 1947. Removed from the Army 1950.
Company/Battery Bn HQ. HQ Company. South Devon Sub-Area. D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions T/Captain 18/10/1940. W/S Captain and T/Major 4/12/1942.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Educated Sydney, New South Wales. Clerk.
Source table 10DLI