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Greece (Operation Manna)
One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numero...
Major John McCulloch Barnes, son of Frederick Robert and Edith Mary Barnes, of Sydenham, London. He served with 4th Parachute Battalion and took part in the deployment to Greece, during Op Manna.Major Barnes died on 6 January 1945, aged 29 years old. He is now buried at Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.
Grave image by Dave Finch.
Service History
- Date not known The 4th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (4 PARA) (Major)
