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230835 W/Cpl. Chil Jonkiel Lemberger British Army Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps from:Haifa, Palestine Chil Jonkiel Lemberger arrived in Palestine from Berlin in 1933. He volunteered in Palestine on December 1940, first in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. He spent seven months in Crete, where he had been stranded. He escaped by his own devices, and vitally, with the help of some saintly simple folks. Back in his own lines, he was next transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, of which 37 months were spent in Africa. He was discharged June/July 1946, having served a total of 67 months (five years and 209 days). He received to war service medals. Lemberger had some pre-war technical background as an optics technician - to no avail at his age. However, his training and education came from the RAOC. He was sent on rising levels of courses on basic accounting and storemanship. These courses and an experience of large-scale war fought by big battalions, so all the harder to manage, move and supply, came in handy all too soon. At the outbreak of hostilities in 1948 he joined the Israel Defence Force (IDF). He was also in the Sinai in 1956 (of sour memory). He rose to command a major ordnance base, finally ending up as Chief Planning Officer/Chief Munitions Inspector. In this capacity, he travelled extensively on matters of 'acquisition', so his English was a bonus. This produces most interesting visas. I have photos and written documents, namely of AMPC, and the same man in RAOC in Africa. One Pioneer, seems most curious. Three men in a little boat No. H.R 218[5/3?]00, on a sandy beach, by a massive coastal castle. My grandfather ran the model workshop in 15th area camouflage. He received superlatives from his commander and was, citing his CO, a master craftsman in all materials. Abraham Yoram Lemberger Add to this record.  Related Content: Royal Army Ordnance Corps Battle of Crete HMS Crete Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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