Place of birth: Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Year of birth: 16th March 1902
Political organisation: None
Occupation: Farm Labourer/Seaman
Date of arrival: 5th January 1938
Date of departure: 10th June 1938
Date of death: 18th February 1971 - Dunfermline, Scotland
Comments: Misspellings of surname include Decroy and Decroix. Address given as; Grandparents, Old Kay Farm, Trinity, Jersey. Returned to UK. Deserted during the retreats aboard SS Strathdene.
Served in the Royal Navy as a boy and then seaman from 1917-1932 and again during WW2 from 1939-1945.
Source: IBA Box D-7 File A/1, RGASPI 545/6/91/145 & 545/6/123/4 & 545/6/878/14.
