John Wilson "Jack" Boraman

Born: 29 Aug 1920
- Location: Aldershot, Hampshire, England
Died: Dec 1994 (Aged 74yrs)
- Location: Bloxham, Oxfordshire, England
Father: James Henry Boraman
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth Wilson
- Brother: Maurice Augustus James Boraman

Images

John Wilson Boraman
John Wilson Boraman and daughters Susan and Sheila
James Boraman, wife Sarah and sons Maurice and John on the beach at Portsmouth
Maurice Boraman (left) and brother John 1922
Maurice Boraman (left) with brother John, in 1940 on first home leave since enlisting
Maurice Boraman (left) and brother John on the beach at Portsmouth
John Boraman and wife Phyllis gravestone in Bloxham churchyard

Own Family

Spouse: Phyllis Eileen Lavallin
Married: 1944 (Aged 23yrs)
- Information source: Marriage index entry
  Location: Aldershot, Hampshire, England
- Daughter: Susan Margaret Boraman, born 1951
- Daughter: Sheila A Boraman, born 1952

Occupations

Colonel in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and subsequently the Logistics Corps

Notes

John enlisted on 16 Jan 1941 into the Royal Army Ordnance Corp and stayed with the RAOC for the whole of his military service. He was commissioned on 2 Aug 1947 at OCTU (Officer Cadet Training Unit) Eaton Hall, Cheshire, where he received the belt of honour. He served in Egypt, Singapore, Germany and many places around England and retired from the army on 29 Aug 1975.