SAS Tonkin, John Elliott

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
Tonkin
  • FORENAME
John Elliott
  • UNIT
Special Raiding Squadron (3 Troop) + 1 SAS (B Squadron)
  • RANK
Lieutenant (T/Captain) + T/Major
  • NUMBER
200156
  • AWARD
Military Cross,Mention in Despatches
  • PLACE
Italy 1943 (MC) Normandy 1944 (MiD)
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent units Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and Army Air Corps
former Royal Engineers (Sapper)
born Singapore
Middle East Commando 1941
L Detachment SAS January-September 1942 (Lt)
1 SAS 1942-43 (Lt)
Special Raiding Squadron (3 Troop) 1943 (Lt - Cap)
POW 2.10.1943 - escaped
1 SAS (B and D Squadrons) 1944-45 (Major)
died 1995
"John Ellery Tonkin" in one London Gazette
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