| Conscripted in 1942 (at the age of nineteen) and trained as a wireless-op in Light Ack Ack.
Posted to North Africa in April 1943 and subsequently served in Sicily, Italy, Austria, Germany & Egypt.
In late 1944 Ack Ack was no longer needed in Italy and I was retrained as Tank Crew seeing the closing stages of the war with the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars.
De-mobbed in 1947
(well....you did ask !)
__________________ If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? Rabbi Hillel circa 30 BCE  I was "Called-up" in Oct 1942 Served as a Wireless-Op with the 49th LAA (78 Div) from Apr 1943 to Dec 1944 (North Africa,Sicily,Italy, Egypt). The Regiment was disbanded in Dec 1944 and I was retrained (in Italy) by the Royal Armoured Corps. Served as a Loader-Op with the 4th QOH from Mar 1945 to Jan 1946 (Italy, Austria, Germany)
Finished up as Tech Cpl for "A" Sqdrn.
I was "De-mobbed" in Apr 1947
Last edited by Ron Goldstein; 23-11-2007 at 06:06 PM.
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