Peter Andrew Carson (birth name Peter Andreas Carlebach)

Pioneer Corps / The Buffs
Service numbers: 13805994 / 6305480.
No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando 3 Troop ('X' Troop).
born 27.10.1919 Berlin.
died 30.03.2004 North Berwick.

His son David adds "Andrew came from Berlin in 1935 aged 15 as a Jewish refugee. In 1940, he was interned, shipped to Australia on the Dunera as an enemy alien, returning in 1941. He first joined the Pioneer Corps then X-Troop and trained through 1943 and early 1944. On March 3rd / 4th, in preparation for a raid on a V1 site, he was abseiling down Seven Sisters near Eastbourne when the rope got stuck. He cut himself free, fell 70 feet or so and was badly injured. As a result he took no part in further X-Troop activity."

Additional Sources
Photo of 'X' Troop in the Gallery (with names).

Home Office: Aliens Department: Australia Internees - Germans/Austrians - ref National Archives file HO 396/139
10 July 1940 embarked for Australia SS Dunera.
7 August 1941 released UK after disembarking from SS Themistocles, aged 21.

London Gazette 26 November 1946 Certificate of Naturalization granted.
"Carson, Peter Andrew (formerly Peter Andreas Carlebach); Germany; Salesman; 100, Abbey Road, Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol. 21 September, 1946."

Commando Association newsletter 119 issued Sept.2004 - Obituaries.
Post war member of the Commando Association from North Berwick.