Perera Louis Pte 5784581
Personnel Entry
Name Perera Louis
Army number 5784581
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth 23/10/1923, Fife.
Age 0
Unit Enlisted 18/6/1942 - Royal Norfolk Regiment, Posted 30th Bn 20/10/1942, Trf Royal Berkshire Regiment 9/2/1943, Posted 30th Bn, Posted 6th Bn 2/5/1944, Trf Durham Light Infantry 30/6/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Trf East Yorkshire Regiment 3/9/1944, Posted 5th Bn, Trf York & Lancaster Regiment 10/12/1944, Posted Hallamshire Bn, Posted 51 RHU 21/8/1945, Compulsorily transferred to Royal Army Service Corps 14/5/1945, Posted 12th Training Bn 21/5/1945, 2 Release 31/10/1945, X (2) List 29/6/1946, 2 Release 9/7/1946, Transit Camp, Posted to Y List 28/12/1946 - Class A Release, Class Z Army Reserve 25/3/1947 - Class A Release.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 30/6/1944
Promotions A/Cpl Clerk Gd III, L/Clerk Gp D and Mustered 21/5/1945, Clerk Gp C and Mustered 20/6/1945, S/Clerk Gd II 12/9/1946, Cpl.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address Buchanen, Fife.
Source table 10DLI