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03-11-13, 07:04 PM
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Nigel Neilson
Can any SF expert tell me anything about Nigel Neilson - an expatriate New Zealander who served in the Staffordshire Yeomanry, the TJFF and the SAS and post-war became a special adviser to Aristiotle Onassis. Unusually (these days) an internet research reveals nothing. The following came from an undated issue of the New Zealand News UK:
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03-11-13, 09:39 PM
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All I know is that Nigel Fraser Neilson MC was a Lt. Col. at SAS Bde HQ attd. to the French SAS. He, and a Major Wallis, organised 10 French SAS jeeps to be flown in to Coevorden on 10 April 1945 in support of operation Amherst.
Rgds, Thomas.
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04-11-13, 06:19 AM
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Thomas,
Thanks - that's very helpful. I'm relieved to learn that he was not a WW2 "Walt" Mike
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