Jack Boff
He was a baker's roundsman in 1939.
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He was the son of John and Bertha Boff and the brother of Florence, Marjorie and Doris Boff of 61, Beckenham Road, Radford, Nottingham. They had lived at 4, Sophie Road, Nottingham in 1921.
During early April 1945, the 2nd Battalion was heavily engaged in rapid offensive operations in central Burma, breaking through Japanese lines following the major battles at Meiktila and advancing south toward Rangoon. Because Private Boff has no known grave from these intense jungle and cross-country operations, he is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial in Myanmar (Panel 24). This memorial honours over 26,000 casualties of the land forces who died during the Burma Campaign and have no marked resting place.
Burma (now Myanmar), advancing through difficult terrain and monsoon conditions as part of the Fourteenth Army's relentless push.Command Structure: Attached to the 114th Indian Infantry Brigade, 7th Indian Infantry Division.Operations.
Engaged in clearing Japanese resistance and pursuing retreating enemy forces following the capture of Meiktila and Mandalay earlier in the year, moving on toward Rangoon. The battalion suffered casualties during this intense period of combat in the spring of 1945, including notable losses recorded around early-to-mid April 1945.
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