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Johnson, James George - MM

Rank : Sergeant

Army Number : 5437677

Unit : 2/5th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as South West London. He was serving in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry as of 1.9.1939. As Lance Sergeant he was awarded the M.M. (see L.G. 8.3.1945, p.1301) for his actions as a Section Commander 2/5th, Leicesters in Marrechia, Italy, 22/23.9.1944. He was later awarded a Mention in Dispatches (see L.G. 19.7.1945, p. 3731). He died during the Balkans and Greece campaign on 8.12.1944, 24. He is buried at the Phaleron War Cemetery, near Athens, Greece.

Date of Birth : c1920

Place of Birth : West London

Date of Death : 8.12.1944

Place of Death : Greece

Period of Service : 1930s

Conflicts : WW2

Places Served : Tunisia, Italy Egypt, Palestine, Syria

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