David
Firstname
Michael Hastings
Middle Name
Vulliamy
Surname
Date of Birth
School Years:
Date of Death:
1920 - 30
Family
Son of L. H. Vulliamy of Ipswich.
School Record
School Captain and in 1930 Open Scholarship in Classics Oriel College Oxford.
Branch of Service:
Army Durham Light Infantry
Service Number:
193433
Rank:
Decorations:
Service Record
Lieutenant
Campaign Medals
Post War Career
He served in the 9th Battalion of the DLI in the North African Campaign. After the fall of Tobruk, the 50th Division, of which the 9th Battalion formed part, withdrew to an escarpment south of the town of Mersa Matruh. The Battalion's position was isolated and overrun by the German 90th Light Division. Initially it was reported that Vulliamy was killed and he was given an appropriate number in War Office records. He was in fact captured and transported to Italy where he was at Camp No.78 at Sulmona (postal mark 3300) at the time of the armistice. He was then despatched to Germany and was housed at Oflag 5a Weinburg (Wurtenburg) under POW 2420.
He qualified as a Solicitor in1939 and served as Coroner in North Suffolk and Ipswich.
Burial Information
Additional Information
Editors Notein OIM No.37 of 1989 at page 182. mentions his name in connection with the diary of J. B. Edge. He was at Sulmona Camp at the same time as J. B. Edge and K. A. Lowe who were both O.I.s.
Archive references WO 392/21 and WO 417/003.
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