David “Boozie” Gunn

Private · #2822381 · Y1 Patrol · MM

What this roll records

HIS MILITARY MEDAL, CONFIRMED AND DATED. London Gazette, 20 July 1943, Issue 36102, page 3317, under “The Military Medal.”: “No. 2822381 Private David Gunn, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's).” He was a Private at the time. Source: The London Gazette.

March 1942 roll (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy)

Dodecanese operations, 1943: prisoner of war 24 Oct 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.

Levitha, Y & S Patrol PoW casualties: Y Patrol. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean" (Levitha: Y & S Patrol PoW casualties).

Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Private Gunn, service no. 2822381; taken prisoner of war, 24 Oct 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).

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Where this comes from

• AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
• Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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