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SAS : Phantoms of War: A history of the Australian Special Air Service
By David Horner
Wingate's Lost Brigade: The First Chindit Operations 1943
By Philip D. Chinnery
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31505" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Varnier </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Andre Francois Albert </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 SAS (1 Squadron + HQ Squadron + HQ Company) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sous Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur,etc </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>France and Belgium 1944-45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.3.1914 Toul,Meurthe-et-Moselle,France</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Regiment du Genie 1932</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Caporal October 1932</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant April 1933</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Regiment du Genie 1935</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW 17.6.1940 France (escaped)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Compagnie d'Infanterie de l'Air (1 CIA) 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>qualified parachutist Ringway 20.12.1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant-Chef January 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>BCRA/SOE Op.Josephine B (France) May 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>alias Jacques Leblanc</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award M.M.(GB)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Compagnie de Parachutistes October 1941 (Adjudant)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Adjudant-Chef December 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Bataillon d'Infanterie de l'Air (4 BIA) 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sous Lieutenant June 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Compagnie de Parachutistes 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 SAS (1 Squadron) 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cooney Party Pierre 406</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Spenser</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Newton</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 SAS (HQ Squadron) 1944-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Franklin</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 SAS (HQ Company) 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Amherst</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant November 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>11 Bataillon de Choc 1948 (Capitaine)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards include</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Compagnon de la Liberation (26.9.1945)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Croix de Guerre</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Medaille de la Resistance</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>M.M. (GB) (1941)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>killed in training exercise 15.12.1949 Perpignan,France</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Estrennes,Vosges,France</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/a-varnier.841/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/841-75abc43fe693e458a9edc710a27b3d09.jpg?1591383075" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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