| My Father was conscripted in 1940 after Dunkink aged 27. He was posted to Darley Dale with an R.A.S.C. Coy that was re-forming as the 5th Reserve M.T. Coy. February 1941 Shipped out to the Middle East on the Nova Scotia. Transported Troops during the Syrian Campaign before returning to Egypt. 5th Reserve M.T. Coy. now called 97 Coy R.A.S.C. Transporting Supplies to Tobruk when the large dumps were being created. Next move was troop carrying with the 7th Green Howards; Company Office Knightsbridge.
Taken Prisoner in June 1942 and imprisoned in the Larger Transit Camp at Benghazi. 26th October transported to PG158 Tripoli until 13th November when he boarded the S.S.Scillin en route to Trapani,Sicily. 14th November Scillin was sunk by the P212 off the coast of Tunisia. |