Pte. Martien van Barneveld, marries a lovely girl from Northern Ireland, 17 March 1943
Date: 12/05/2007
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Reverend Captain Gareth Banting
[Photo courtesy of his nephew Gareth Banting]
From the No2 Commando War Diary " Revd. Banting takes party from 3 Tp. to bury Capt. Parsons, Lieut. Coyle, Gnr. Clarke, and Pte. Lyons. After burial he moved fwd. to bury German dead in the same posn., but is blown up on a mine. Stretcher party finds he has died of wounds - carried back to Sarande by M.O. before nightfall."
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