- SURNAME
Altass
- FORENAME
Derek
- UNIT
3 Para
- RANK
Warrant Officer Second Class
- NUMBER
22773888
- AWARD
Mention in Despatches
- PLACE
Radfan, Aden 1964
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 28.9.1923 Bradford, Yorkshire
son of Annie Altass
enlisted January 1941
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
6 Commando
POW February 1943
escaped March 1945
re-enlisted 1951
3 Para (Cpl - WO2)
retired March 1968
emigrated to Australia (Barton, N.S.W.)
married Marie Johnson 26.12.1959 Pontefract, Yorkshire (1936-2003)
Derek H. Altass in one source
died 2.7.1979 Australia
London Gazette 43641, 30th April 1965, Page 4349
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