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McMahon, William G. "Bill"

Date of birth:
June 21st, 1909 (United Kingdom)
Date of death:
1998
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Enlisted: 16 April 1942
Home: 16 April 1942 - 16 September 1944
North Western Europe: 17 September - 28 September 1944
Home: 29 September 1944 - 14 June 1945
Norway: 15 June - 24 July 1945
Home: 25 July 1945

Released under Class "B" Release Scheme on 26 February 1946 as Sergeant.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Corporal
Unit:
No. 13 Platoon, "D" Company, 7th (Galloway) Battalion, 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
Awarded on:
May 10th, 1945
Awarded for:
Operation Market Garden
For gallantry in action in September 1944 in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Mentioned in Dispatches

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