SOE Wienholt, Arnold

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wienholt ​

• FORENAME

Arnold ​

• UNIT

101 Mission SOE ​

• RANK

Second Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

183659 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th September 1940 ​

• AGE

62 ​

• GRAVESITE

Khartoum Memorial,Sudan Panel 2 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 16.10.1877 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian)​

resided Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian)​

son of Edward and Ellen Wienholt​

husband of Enid F.Wienholt,Brisbane,Queensland,Australia​

"A.H.Wienholt" ("SOE 1940-46" - M.R.D.Foot)​

"Weinholt" (PRO)​

South African War with 4th (Queensland) Contingent​

WW1 1914-16 as scout/intelligence officer in German East Africa​

awards D.S.O.,M.C.and bar​

Member for Fassifern in the Queensland Parliament 1909-13 and 1930-35​

Member for Moreton in the Australian Federal Parliament 1919-22​

big game hunter in civilian life​

WIA and POW - shot as spy by Italian troops although in uniform Abyssinia​

biography :-​

"Australian and a Hero : the Story of an Extraordinary Adventurer,Arnold Wienholt" ISBN 0949414131 (Cyril G.Grabs) ​

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