Major John Sehmer MBE – Royal Tank Regiment & Force 133 Special Operations Executive

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  • Major John Sehmer MBE
  • 1913-1945 – Royal Tank Regiment – Force 133 Special Operations Executive.
  • Yugoslavia – John Sehmer was recruited into the Special Operations (SOE) in January 1943. In April 1943 he was in charge of the SOE Mission to the Royal Serbian Army in Yugoslavia.
  • Czechoslovakia – He was withdrawn in May 1944 in preparation for “Operation Windproof” and parachuted into Czechoslovakia during September 1944.
  • Slovakia – Subsequently he was instructed to become head of the British Mission to the Slovak National Uprising. He was captured by the enemy just after Christmas 1944.
  • Austria – After capture he was interned in Mauthausen concentration camp and executed in January 1945.