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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 29547" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Tonkin </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Elliott </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Raiding Squadron (3 Troop) + 1 SAS (B Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant (T/Captain) + T/Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>200156 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross,Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Italy 1943 (MC) Normandy 1944 (MiD) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent units Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and Army Air Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former Royal Engineers (Sapper)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born Singapore</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Middle East Commando 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>L Detachment SAS January-September 1942 (Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SAS 1942-43 (Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Raiding Squadron (3 Troop) 1943 (Lt - Cap)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW 2.10.1943 - escaped</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SAS (B and D Squadrons) 1944-45 (Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 1995</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"John Ellery Tonkin" in one London Gazette </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-tonkin.1849/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1849-6beadf7ceeb71a014f63452336ed5e54.jpg?1591383347" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-tonkin.1568/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1568-d4468f2d9a6372f98551c4c6829e6664.jpg?1591383276" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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