Harry Oates
John Robertson

Harry Oates

Sergeant
2 Bn Duke of Wellingtons Regiment
Column 76
from Sheffield,Yorkshire
born 1919
died 1979
This is my grandad Harry. He was part of the rear guard at Dunkirk and managed to escape before he became a Chindit. He was wounded in the leg as a chindit after an ambush. He als spent time as a commando before joining the Chindits.
 

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