- SURNAME
Tiefenbrunner
- FORENAME
Maurice (Tiffen)
- UNIT
51 Commando
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
10428
- AWARD
Mention in Despatches
- PLACE
Abyssinia 1941
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Pioneer Corps
born 18.12.1915 Wiesbaden,Germany
son of Efroim and Matel (nee Licht) Tiefenbrunner
employed in a department store,Mainz 1931
enlisted Pioneer Corps December 1939 (Private)
51 Commando 1941 (Cpl - Sgt)
WIA 1941 Keren
Special Interrogation Group 1942
1 SAS (HQ) 1942 (Sgt)
POW 18.12.1942 North Africa
liberated March 1945
diamond cutter postwar
married Friedel Sturm 1947 (predeceased him) (4 children)
died 24.7.2013
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