SOE Frank, Geoffrey Neal

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Frank ​

• FORENAME

Geoffrey Neal ​

• UNIT

Force 136 SOE​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

IEC/11511 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

7th January 1946 ​

• AGE

24 ​

• GRAVESITE

Kranji War Cemetery,Singapore 15.C.17 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 17 Dogra Regiment,Indian Army​

born 16.4.1921 Colombo,Ceylon​

son of Harris and Freda Frank,Batu Caves,Selangor,Malaya​

family were Dutch Burghers (mixed race) who moved to Malaya when he was a baby​

attended Victoria Institution​

17 Dogra Regiment 1942​

Force 136​

codename Wagtail​

parachuted back into Malaya 14.8.1945 (patrol Tideway Blue)​

injured in car accident Raffles Hotel car park,Singapore 5.1.1946​

DOI Singapore​

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[Bex]

Geoffrey Neal Frank

Geoffrey was the son of Freda and Harris Frank of Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaya; he was probably born in Ceylon. He parachuted back into Malaya in August 1945 with the patrol Tideway Blue, only to be killed in a car accident in Singapore a few weeks after his wedding.