PARK, John
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
3709917
Died :
Saturday, December 25, 1943
Age:
30
Cemetery/Memorial:
Sergeant John Park, a veteran of the 1942 Dieppe raid whilst attached to No.4 Commando, was reported missing 25 December 1943, later reported killed in action during the Hardtack 11 raid at Gravelines on the French coast. Casualty Lists record that he was attached to 2 Special Boat Section at the time. Son of John and Sarah Anne Park; husband of Elizabeth Park, of Millom, Cumberland. View an entry about Sergeant Park on our Forum [here....].
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/70, WO417/72, WO417/94.
The book SBS in WW2 author G.B. Courtney.
Notes
CWGC record rank as Sergeant, Casualty Lists show War Substantive Corporal.
CWGC show unit as No.4 Commando, all Casualty Lists show 2 SBS.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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