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Chirpy Deakin,seated, was wounded in action on 23 March 1944 when 5 Troop, No5 Cdo, was ambushed and cut down by Japanese heavy machine gun. One of Chirpy's comrades, who was also wounded, told me: "When I entered the ambulance I met Chirpy Deakin who was in tears, apparently of rage. On my enquiry he showed me a tattoo of the head and shoulders of Buffalo Bill on his upper arm, through which a bullet had neatly carved a total mess..."
The aforementioned tattoo can be clearly recognised on Chirpy's left arm.]]> en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:16:03 +0100 120 https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/d/38650-4/Alf_Hill_Deakin_and+No5_pals.jpg https://gallery.commandoveterans.org/cdoGallery/v/units/5/Deakin/Alf_Hill_Deakin_and+No5_pals.jpg.html