PARAS Silvester, Vernon John Bellis

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Silvester ​

• FORENAME

Vernon John Bellis ​

• UNIT

156 Bn (HQ Company) ​

• RANK

A/Captain ​

• NUMBER

204917 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Arnhem 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 3.4.1915 Newtown,Montgomeryshire​

Royal Horse Guards 1933​

commissioned 2Lt 23.8.1941​

Welch Regiment​

WS/Lieutenant 1.10.1942​

WIA 30.1.1943 Benghazi​

award Mention in Despatches​

A/Captain 22.7.1943​

Parachute Regiment September 1944​

POW September 1944 Arnhem​

relinquished commission 4.1.1946​

Assistant Sales Manager (+ Sales Director) Beecham Australia​

married Joan Marjorie Robertson (2 children)​

died 5.9.1985 Ocean Shores,New South Wales,Australia ​

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