SAS Jarrell, Porter Cornelius (Joe)

SAS Bravo Three Zero
By Damien Lewis & Des Powell

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Jarrell
  • FORENAME
Porter Cornelius (Joe)
  • UNIT
Special Boat Section (X Detachment)
  • RANK
Private
  • NUMBER
14500040
  • AWARD
George Medal
  • PLACE
Simi, Dodecanese Islands 1943
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Army Medical Corps
born 21.2.1919 Ottawa,Ontario,Canada
American parents
resided Boston,Massachusetts,U.S.A. (American citizen) 1923
graduated University of Middlebury,Vermont
journalist in civilian life (Musical Record,New York magazine)
American Field Service 1942
medical orderly,A.F.S.,attached 10 Armoured Division,8 Army 1942
SBS 1943-45
journalist,Washington Post postwar
settled Geneva,Switzerland
United Nations Refugee Organisation
Intergovernmental Organisation for Migration 1950s
awarded Medal for Civilian Services in Vietnam 1968
lived Thoiry,France (near Geneva) since late 1970s
married Evelyn McDivett 1946 (4 children) (dissolved)
married Edwina Moquin 1979 (2 sons)
died 15.2.2001
 
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