Pte Thomas Mitchell, Korean War

Tom Mitchell joined the Medical Corps in 1939 and then, in 1940, joined the Norwegian Expeditionary Force and sailed on Polish ship Batory to Harstadt following which he was repatriated on the HMS Devonshire.
He was temporarily with Vice Adm. Keyes unit and then briefly assigned to No.11 (Scottish) Commando before being attached to No.5 Commando, who he was with in late 1940 on the Cherbourg raids.
In 1942 he deployed with No5 Commando to Madagascar via South Africa (Durban), he was with the unit attacking Diego Suarez then Mujanga then on the HMS Blackmore to attack Tamatav then back to UK on the Dutch ship Boisevain.
In East Africa Tom contracted malaria so was sent to hospital in Wynberg, just outside Cape town, and eventually from there back to UK, this prevented him sailing with No5 Cdo to India. Instead he was sent to a unit in Northern Ireland to train for the Normandy landings.
Tom landed in France on 9 June 44 1944 (D+3) and moved through France, Belgium & Holland until in 1945 he found himself in Norway once more.
De-mobbed in 1946. Re-called from the reserve 1950 to serve in Korea. Photo courtesy of Tom's son Peter Mitchell, posted by Nick Collins.