Training of the 1st reinforcement of No 2 Dutch troop 10(IA) Cdo (10)
Date: 08/10/2014
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Pte. John Carpenter
John Carpenter No.2 Commando 5 troop.
Eric Buckmaster of 5 troop recalls "John's father was a Brigadier, and he offered to arrange a Commission for him. However John wanted to make his own way, and elected to join the ranks with us. He was towards the end badly wounded in the shoulder by a bazooka shell, which fortunately did not explode. Post War we understood that he had gone to Rhodesia with his mother."
Photo cropped from another sent courtesy of Yvonne McCulloch, enhanced and posted by Pete R.