CAMERON, Alexander
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Known as:
Alistair
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2984506
Private Alexander Cameron, 5 Troop, had served in No.9 Commando since at least 1941.
- 03.03.1944 wounded during No.9 Commando's second landing at the Anzio Beachhead where 5 Troop were involved in a successful bayonet charge which cleared the enemy from a nearby wadi. Evacuated to the UK.
- 23.06.1944 admitted to hospital in Liverpool.
- 09.08.1944 transferred to ‘Y’ List due to his wounds.
- 05.09.1944 medically discharged from military service.
- Alistair died in the late 1980's and is buried at Dalamally.
Sources
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5 Troop 9 Cdo photo in CVA Gallery.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
[Image and additional details] Allan Cameron.
Comments from his son Allan Cameron
"My father was wounded and captured after action in Wadi of Anzio Italy, and treated by a German orderly in a field hospital in a cave. Both he and another from 5 troop were posted missing presumed dead. They were eventually rescued by units of the Irish Guards and hospitalised in Alexandria. This information was relayed to me by Tommy Bostock, his Corporal, who was also wounded in same action and later received the MM."
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