Tsirindanis John

NAME Tsirindanis John
RANK WESTERN DESERT

Sergeant

ON DEMOB

 

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

Army No RH/6852927

 

PRISONER

 

UNIT Joined 2nd Battalion Rhodesia Regiment between 1937 and 1939 and then enlisted for overseas service the day after Britian declared war on Germany.

Joined contingent of 690 Rhodesians who sailed for Egypt aboard SS Karanga from Durban arriving at Port Tewfik on 30th April 1940.

Rhodesian Sergeant with 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps (1KRRC) in the Western Desert and El Alamein.

 

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

Subsequently recruited into SOE because of his Greek background and fluency in the language and undertook SOE Aegean missions in 1944

 

METHOD OF DEPARTURE

 

POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

 

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

 

NOTES

 John died in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe in 2001

 Information provided by the family.

STORY

To read of John’s incredible story of his time in SOE in Greece please click on this link for  John Tsirindanis Story