AUSTWICK, John
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Known as:
Jack
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
3 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Service Number:
5989253
Born:
Saturday, December 10, 1904
Birthplace:
Hertfordshire
Died:
1972
Place died or last resided:
Hertfordshire
Age:
67
08.07.1936 enlisted Beds. and Herts. Regiment.
26.04.1940 volunteered for and posted to No.3 Independant Company.
08.11.1940 posted 'B' Comapny No.1 Special Service Battalion.
10.11.1940 appointed Acting Lance Corporal.
05.03.1941 posted No.2 Commando. Reverted to Private.
27.01.1942 attached to Commando Depot.
26.02.1942 ceased to be attached Commando Depot.
27.04.1942 appointed Acting Lance Corporal, No.2 Commando.
19.06.1943 passed Trade Test Driver Mechanice (D II).
Served in No.2 Commando HQ, Motor Transport (MT) Section. Active service included Norway with No.3 Ind. Coy., and Sicily, Italy, and the Dalmatian Islands with No.2 Commando.
04.11.1945 released to Reserve List. Conduct Exemplary.
Medals: 1939/45 Star; Italy Star; War Medal; Defence Medal; Territorial Efficiency Medal.
Member of the Commando Association from Watford, Hertfordshire.
Sources
Service Record in Gallery provided by his son Colin Austwick.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 54 (1972).
[Image] Cropped from MT Section image in No.2 Cdo Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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