Records - Interpretation 1

RAF Record of Service – 2795320 Aircraftman 2 nd Class Johannes Gerardus Geertsen

DPE = for the Duration of the Present Emergency (i. e. ‘the war’).

MISCELLANEOUS.

NATIONAL REGISTRATION

IDENTIFICATION LETTER & No. (blank) - this was always a combination of 4 letters (different on

each RAF Service Record), followed by either 1, 2 or 3 numbers and a single number after the

‘slash’ (for example: ‘ABCD 2/9’, ‘ABMN 12/7’, TYFG 123/5’ etc), although we do not hold any

further information on these entries.

CARD SENT TO

CENTRAL INDEX DEPARTMENT ON (no date entered) -

The National Registration Card was an Identity Card introduced during the Second World War under the National Registration Act 1939.

Everyone, including children, had to always carry one to show who they were and where they lived.

It no longer became necessary to carry an ID Card from 21 st February 1952, and the National

Registration Act 1939 was repealed on 22 nd May 1952.

Med[ical] cat[egory] grade (blanked out - usually ‘1’, ‘2’ or ‘3’. No further details).

pencil entries ‘A65/306’ and ‘A65/6’ - not known.