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At the beginning of the [[World War II|Second World War]], Heath joined the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] (RASC) and was posted to the [[Middle East]]. After less than a year he was shipped home, but escaped the guard during the journey and went to [[Johannesburg]]. There he joined the [[South African Air Force]] (SAAF), eventually rising to the rank of captain. Heath married and had a son, but at the end of the war his wife divorced him on grounds of desertion. He was also [[court martial]]led for [[military impostor|wearing medals to which he was not entitled]]. |
At the beginning of the [[World War II|Second World War]], Heath joined the [[Royal Army Service Corps]] (RASC) and was posted to the [[Middle East]]. After less than a year he was shipped home, but escaped the guard during the journey and went to [[Johannesburg]]. There he joined the [[South African Air Force]] (SAAF), eventually rising to the rank of captain. Heath married and had a son, but at the end of the war his wife divorced him on grounds of desertion. He was also [[court martial]]led for [[military impostor|wearing medals to which he was not entitled]]. |
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Heath returned to Britain in February 1946. Several months later, in the midst of his murder spree, he had a dinner date with the South African actress [[Moira Lister]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1567777/Moira-Lister.html|title=Moira Lister|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 October 2007|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lister|first=Moira|title=The Very Merry Moira|date=1 December 1969|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=9780340106327|year=1969}}</ref> Scottish actress [[Molly Weir]] later reported that Heath had tried to chat her up at a department store in [[Bournemouth]] in July 1946.<ref>''Stepping Into the Spotlight'' (1975) by [[Molly Weir]].</ref> |
Heath returned to Britain in February 1946. Several months later, in the midst of his murder spree, he had a dinner date with the South African actress [[Moira Lister]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1567777/Moira-Lister.html|title=Moira Lister|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=30 October 2007|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lister|first=Moira|title=The Very Merry Moira|date=1 December 1969|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|isbn=9780340106327}}</ref> Scottish actress [[Molly Weir]] later reported that Heath had tried to chat her up at a department store in [[Bournemouth]] in July 1946.<ref>''Stepping Into the Spotlight'' (1975) by [[Molly Weir]].</ref> |
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==Murders== |
==Murders== |