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Special Force: SOE and the Italian Resistance 1943 - 1945
By Malcolm Edward Tudor
No Drums No Trumpets - The Incredible Story Of Mary Lindell - Wartime Agent
by Barry Wynne
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33917" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bowditch </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>James </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>A.I.F. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Corporal </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>QX13703 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Conduct Medal,Mention in Despatches,Bronze Star (US) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>New Guinea 1944 North Borneo 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Menzies - Vogelkop 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Squirrel - Tarakan 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Platypus - Balakpapan 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Stallion - Sarawak 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 27.7.1919 London,England</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 1.7.1940 Kelvin Grove,Queensland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>later 19 Infantry Bn</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>discharged 22.3.1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed postwar Dept of Works and Housing,Alice Springs,Northern Territories</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 1996</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>In August 1945 Sergeant Bowditch was deployed with his commando unit along the Kahala River in Borneo when 50 Japanese came upriver in native canoes and attacked in overwhelming force a small Australian post. Leading the rescue party, Bowditch and his men sank all of the canoes, killed 30 of the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand fighting and put the rest to flight. That action earned him the DCM and the American Bronze Star. Source: <a href="https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/jim-bowditch" target="_blank">https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/jim-bowditch</a> </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-bowditch.6434/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6434-052c4cbb6e576028e35c5ab6bb93024e.jpg?1591388760" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-bowditch.33588/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33588-c0961130114cb7e4851d01fd2e0d6dde.jpg?1593596884" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 33917, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Bowditch [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]James [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]A.I.F. [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Corporal [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]QX13703 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Conduct Medal,Mention in Despatches,Bronze Star (US) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]New Guinea 1944 North Borneo 1945 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Op.Menzies - Vogelkop 1944[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Squirrel - Tarakan 1945[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Platypus - Balakpapan 1945[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Stallion - Sarawak 1945[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 27.7.1919 London,England[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]enlisted 1.7.1940 Kelvin Grove,Queensland[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]later 19 Infantry Bn[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]discharged 22.3.1946[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]employed postwar Dept of Works and Housing,Alice Springs,Northern Territories[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 1996[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]In August 1945 Sergeant Bowditch was deployed with his commando unit along the Kahala River in Borneo when 50 Japanese came upriver in native canoes and attacked in overwhelming force a small Australian post. Leading the rescue party, Bowditch and his men sank all of the canoes, killed 30 of the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand fighting and put the rest to flight. That action earned him the DCM and the American Bronze Star. Source: [URL]https://halloffame.melbournepressclub.com/article/jim-bowditch[/URL] [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-bowditch.6434/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6434-052c4cbb6e576028e35c5ab6bb93024e.jpg?1591388760[/IMG][/URL] [URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-bowditch.33588/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33588-c0961130114cb7e4851d01fd2e0d6dde.jpg?1593596884[/IMG][/URL][/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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