BUTTON, Gordon
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Known as:
Alf
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
'Layforce'
Middle East Commandos
Regiment/Corps:
Durham Light Infantry 1st Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
4449904
Died :
Friday, June 12, 1942
Died on war service
Age:
27
Cemetery/Memorial:
3 February 1942 serving in No.1 Special Service Detachment at Taunngyi Southern Shan States, Burma.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists WO417/57.
Enlistment and Discharge Registers D.L.I.
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Notes: The CWGC make no mention of Commando service. The Casualty Record shows Middle East Commando Layforce died Burma. The 1st Bn. DLI was in Egypt in 1940 and was sent to help capture Vichy French Syria in June 1941 where Layforce was operating after which the DLI returned to Egypt and Palestine. The Army ROH WW2 shows theatre of war where died as China; the D.LI. Enlistment Registers also show China. Some from the Middle East Commando did go into serve in Burma and China (1st Special Service Detachment / Mission 204).
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