CARPENTER, John Richard Owen
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
York and Lancaster Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5631088
John Carpenter served in 5 Troop of No.2 Commando. He was wounded in Italy 17 April 1945 when a shell hit him in the shoulder but did not explode.
Sources
British Army Casualty Lists 1939-45 / National Archives / National Archives file WO417/91.
Account by Eric Buckmaster 5 Troop.
CBF List of No.2 Cdo.
Notes
Post war believed to have emigrated to Rhodesia.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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