Harvey, P.E. Mne.

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Peter Edward Harvey was a 1943 Lympstone recruit. In the Walcheren assault his landing craft was hit by artillery or mortar fire, and some of his friends were killed in front of him. He was carrying a radio, whose weight nearly caused him to drown as he jumped out to get ashore. He was being sniped at as he tried to scale a massive sand dune. Later he ended up in Hong Kong. He left the service on 2nd Nov 1946.