HAWKINS, F.G.H
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Rank:
Company Sergeant Major
Unit / Base:
'Special Boat Section'
Regiment/Corps:
Intelligence Corps
Service:
Army
Served in the Mobile Flotation Unit (MFU) before joining 2 SBS. He was a parachutist and was born in France. He became Acting CSM to 'A' Group. Post war member of the Commando Association residing in Paris.
Sources
Special Boat Section memeorandum- Formation to February 1944 (below).
Commando Association Lost Legions List 6.
Notes
Mobile Flotation Unit, a commando boat which can be submerged while the crew hide out on shore, and which will surface automatically at a pre-arranged time. Function of the MFU is that of a long-range carrier for men and canoes, which may then be used for sabotage operations [Source: IWM catalogue no. ADM 184.]
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