SOE Mulgan, John Alan Edward

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mulgan ​

• FORENAME

John Alan Edward ​

• UNIT

Force 133 SOE ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

91369 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

26th April 1945 ​

• AGE

33 ​

• GRAVESITE

Heliopolis War Cemetery,Egypt 6.J.1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry​

born 21.12.1911 Christchurch,New Zealand​

elder son of Alan Edward and Marguerita Blomfield Pickmere Mulgan,Eastbourne,​

Wellington,New Zealand​

husband of Angela Gabrielle (nee Wanklyn) Mulgan,Oxford (1 son)​

educated Maungawhau School​

educated Wellington College 1925-26​

educated Auckland Grammar School 1927​

educated Auckland University College 1929 (B.A.(New Zealand))​

educated Merton College,Oxford 1933 (B.A.(Oxon))​

journalist,poet,novelist and editor in civilian life​

married 10.7.1937 (wife was Secretary of Oxfordshire Nursing Federation)​

5 Bn Oxfords and Bucks Light Infantry September 1939-1942 (2Lt - Captain)​

4 Bn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1942 (Major)​

Force 133 SOE May 1943​

awarded M.C.​

promoted T/Lt Colonel and returned to Greece January 1945​

returned to Cairo April 1945​

found dead from overdose of morphia in Cairo​

biography "John Mulgan" (Paul W.Day) 1968 ​

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