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Pte. Alan James Campbell Cameron
British Army Army Air Corps
Alan Cameron's daughter Averil knows little about her fathers past other than he was brought up by the Donnelly family at 7, Aberfoyle Terrace, Strand Road, Derry. He went to the family at the age of 6 years old. Mrs. Donnelly, Rosina was a sister of Alan's mother Isabella Mooney. Alan worked as a foreman builder and lived in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. His wife's name was Joan.
Alan joined the Army Air Corps and as a paratrooper was dropped into German enemy lines. He was captured, having sustained a broken leg. He was held at Stalag X1-B in Fallingbostel and was POW No. 117367.