MCCONVILLE, Michael Anthony
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Rank:
Lieutenant
Unit / Base:
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Honours & Awards:
Born:
Saturday, January 3, 1925
Died :
Friday, May 30, 2008
Place died:
Taunton, Somerset
Age:
83
15.12.1943 commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant, Royal Marines.
July 1944 joined 43 RM Commando operating at the time from the island of Vis. Later operations included Montenegro and Lake Comacchio, Italy.
1950 - 1961 Administrative Officer, Segamat, Jahore, Malayan Civil Service.
Malaysian Award - Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (K.M.N.).
01.01.1959 appointed M.B.E. (Civil Division).
July 1944 joined 43 RM Commando operating at the time from the island of Vis. Later operations included Montenegro and Lake Comacchio, Italy.
1950 - 1961 Administrative Officer, Segamat, Jahore, Malayan Civil Service.
Malaysian Award - Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (K.M.N.).
01.01.1959 appointed M.B.E. (Civil Division).
Diplomatic Service
1961 Commonwealth Relations Office.
1963 First Secretary, Colombo.
1965 Commonwealth Relations Office and Foreign Office.
1966 Kingston, Jamaica.
1967 Ottawa, Canada.
1971 Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
1974 - 1977 Consul General in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.
Sources
Sources
Commission - London Gazette 36300, page 5596.
MBE - London Gazette 41589, page 23.
KMN - Somerset County Gazette, 5 June 2008 (funeral notice).
His own book Nothing Much To Lose.
His own book Nothing Much To Lose.
Navy Lists.
The Diplomatic Service List 1975, 10th Edition, page 329.
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