- SURNAME
Hedley
- FORENAME
John Duncan Halliday
- UNIT
Force 136 SOE
- RANK
T/Major
- NUMBER
ABRO 97
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order
- PLACE
Burma 1945
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Army in Burma Reserve of Officers
born 22.12.1907
educated Eton College
graduated King's College,Cambridge (M.A.)
merchant,Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation in civilian life
Burma Rifles 1941
Brigade Intelligence Officer,111 Brigade (Chindits) 1944 (Captain)
WIA 1944 Burma ("Blackpool")
Force 136 SOE 1944-45 (Major)
master,Bromsgove School,England postwar
author "Jungle Fighter:Infantry Officer,Chindit and SOE Agent in Burma,1941-45"
deceased
St Bartholomew Churchyard,Tardebigge,near Bromsgrove,Worcestershire
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