4399431 Private James William Mullender
image provided by Paul Mullender
Number: 4399431
Company: SP
Platoon: MMG
Section:
Wounded In Action
Prisoner Of War
T & E Book: 10/39
Para Course: K42
Life Story:
During the Battle of Arnhem, he was shot 5 times around Oosterbeek Church.
After being captured and taken prisoner of war, Private Mullender was held in Stalag 9c.
After the war he worked as a bricklayer.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.