NORWAY Mann, Allan

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mann ​

• FORENAME

Allan ​

• UNIT

SN Section SOE ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Military Medal,Order of St Olav with oak leaves ​

• PLACE

Norway 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 5.5.1921 Boras,Sweden​

served as civil labourer in Finland 1939​

Swedish Voluntary Corps (motorcycle orderly)​

2 Bn 15th Infantry Regiment,Norwegian Army 1940​

fought at Narvik (award Legion d'Honneur (Fr)) 1940​

SOE in Sweden (courier) 1940-44​

to UK​

Kompani Linge spring 1944​

joined Bernt Balchen (OSS-SOE) operation to Norway out of Sweden​

postwar​

Norwegian Military Academy (1st lt)​

Royal Swedish Military Academy 1956 (Kapten,15th Infantry Regiment)​

10th Armoured Regiment,Swedish Army 1972​

awarded Croix de Guerre (Fr) (date ?)​

died 5.12.2005 Stockholm,Sweden​

buried Solna,near Stockholm ​

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