SAS Melis, Paul

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Melis
  • FORENAME
Paul
  • UNIT
1 SAS (C Squadron)
  • RANK
Soldat
  • NUMBER
  • AWARD
Compagnon de la Liberation,Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur,Medaille Militaire,Croix de Guerre
  • PLACE
WW2 service
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 1 Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes
born 21.2.1921 Rosendael,Nord,France
FFL 1.7.1940
1 Compagnie Autonome de Chars de Combat des FFL
Legion Etrangere December 1940-June 1942
L Detachment SAS (1 CCP) 30.6.1942
1 SAS (C Squadron) 1942-43 (Soldat)
WIA and POW 28.1.1943 Ceneb,Tunisia
hospital,Sfax
hospital,Salerno,Italy
POW camp Sulmona,Italy
escaped to UK February 1944
Sous Lieutenant
Missions Militaires de Liaison Administrative (MMLA)
Liaison Officer,35th U.S. Infantry Division (Normandy) 1944
WIA August 1944 Torigni-sur-Vire,l'Orne,France
demobilised January 1946
died 12.8.1982 Saint-Mande
buried Dunkerque
 
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