PPA Petrie, Alec G.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Petrie ​

• FORENAME

Alec G. ​

• UNIT

PPA B Patrol ​

• RANK

Sapper ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

North Africa 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Engineers (Survey Company)​

born 20.4.1916 Houghton-le-Spring,Co.Durham​

married​

surveyor in civilian life​

joined PPA Nov 1942​

left PPA 15.3.1943​

later commissioned in RE​

surveyor,Dingwall,Scotland 1946​

land surveyor,Colonial Service (Entebbe and Kampala,Uganda) 1950-62​

surveyor,Hampshire County Council (Portsmouth Roads Department) 1962-67​

land surveyor,Pietermaritzburg Roads Department,South Africa 1967-77​

retired to Gosport 1977​

resided 1980s 44 Foster Road,Alverstoke,Gosport,Hampshire​

died 15.4.1985​

commemorated Porchester Garden of Remembrance,Hampshire​

only mention of his award is in his own unpublished account​

"considerable knowledge of practical astronomy and no battle experience whatever" (Popski) ​

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