SOE Empson, Alan Howard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Empson ​

• FORENAME

Alan Howard ​

• UNIT

SOE Military Mission to Greek Resistance Army ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

2702 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

6th April 1946 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Phaleron War Cemetery,Greece 7.E.6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 18 Bn,New Zealand Infantry​

born 26.5.1917 Te Awamuta,New Zealand​

son of Stanley Arnold and Charlotte Wilson (nee Barton) Empson,Te Awamutu,Auckland,​

New Zealand​

attended King's College,Auckland 1933-34​

bank clerk in civilian life​

enlisted 4.4.1942 Wellington,New Zealand​

NZ Infantry (Cpl)​

escaped POW​

awarded M.M. (6.6.1944) when Lieutenant​

died of sickness Greece ​

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