SOE Aptaker, Benjamin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Aptaker ​

• FORENAME

Benjamin ​

• UNIT

F Section SOE ​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

294218 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

France 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 21.8.1923 London (adjusted to 1922 for service)​

educated in private boarding school,England​

family moved to Belgium​

student in Switzerland 1940​

Merchant Navy​

commissioned Intelligence Corps 1942​

F Section SOE 1943​

codename Aleric​

Gardener Circuit (w/t operator) ​

dropped into France 6.3.1944​

posted to Dachau 1945​

Judge Advocate General's Branch 1945-46 (Germany) (A/Major)​

awarded Croix de Guerre​

changed his name to Roger Forster after his first marriage​

hotel manager,southern France and England​

consultant 1963​

emigrated to Australia​

married Jean Dorothy Forster 1948 (predeceased him) (1 son)​

married Doreen Stephens 1980 (1 son)​

died 2.9.2012​

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