Derek Eustace John Meaker
born 1.10.1922 Carshalton,Surrey
enlisted 14.10.1940 Royal Sussex Regiment (Pte - L/Cpl 6408454)
OCTU,Mhow,India 10.12.1941
commissioned 9.7.1942 Indian Army (2Lt EC 5267)
4th Hodson's Horse
13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (Lt)
1st Bombay Grenadiers
1/2nd Punjab Regiment (A/.Captain)
Regular commission 1947 (366961 Royal Fusiliers)
resigned commission 1950
21 SAS 23.5.1950-54
re-enlisted 1954 R.A.O.C. (Cpl 22513086)
Sergeant 1955
22 SAS 16.9.1958 - 3.1.1960 (Tpr - Cpl)
served Malaya and Arabian Peninsula
R.A.O.C. (Sgt) 4.1.1960
discharged 27.4.1969
