CHAPPELL, Aubrey Bertram

Rank: 
Marine
Unit / Base: 
42RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Marines
Service: 
Royal Navy
Number: 
EX/4371
Honours & Awards: 
Marine Aubrey Chappell was awarded the Military Medal for daring, initiative and resource in November 1944 whilst operating on the Japanese occupied Elizabeth Island in the Bay of Bengal during which he was wounded and taken prisoner [1][2].
  • 1945 (Corporal) prisoner of war liberated from Rangoon Jail [3].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 37505, page 1440.
[2] National Archives file WO 373/101/243 [Linked Content below]
[3] National Archives - Air Ministry file AIR40/1855.
 

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