BLINT, Woolf
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
3323752.
P.O.W. number:
27636
P.O.W. camps:
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Saturday, April 4, 1914
Birthplace:
Glasgow
Woolf Blint, a warehouse manager with his own business in Glasgow, enlisted 13 June 1940, later volunteering for the Commandos. Lance Sergeant Blint served at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry prior to joining No.6 Commando.
26 February 1943 reported missing in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm at El Arousa, Tunisia), later confirmed as wounded and a prisoner of war. During his captivity he escaped four times, on the last escape meeting up with advancing Russian forces.
Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service.
26 February 1943 reported missing in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm at El Arousa, Tunisia), later confirmed as wounded and a prisoner of war. During his captivity he escaped four times, on the last escape meeting up with advancing Russian forces.
Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service.
Prison Camps
04.03.1943 to 07.03.1943 Dulag Luft, Frankfurt.
12.03.1943 to 01.05.1945 Stalag VIIIB (Stalag 344), Lamsdorf.
Member of the Commando Association. 1954 emigrated to Melbourne, Australia. Author of 'By Jeep to Freedom' published in 1994.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58, WO417/59, WO417/63, and WO417/95..
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/33/99.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58, WO417/59, WO417/63, and WO417/95..
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/33/99.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/31/2.
MiD - London Gazette 36180, page 4228.
Commando Association newsletters 18 (1954), 77 (1983), 87 (1988), 96, and 98 (1994).
[Image] Cropped from photo in WW2 Training Gallery titled 'L/Sgts. Blint and Brown and US Rangers - CBTC'
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