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Name: Abbott , Leonard Gordon. Date of birth: 29 August 1917. Place of birth: St...
Catalogue reference: BT 373/360
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This record is about the Name: Abbott , Leonard Gordon. Date of birth: 29 August 1917. Place of birth: St... dating from 1942 in the series Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen Prisoner of War.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- BT 373/360
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942
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Description (What the record is about)
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Name: Abbott Leonard Gordon.
Date of birth:
29 August 1917 .Place of birth: St John’s, Newfoundland.
Occupation or rank: Trimmer.
Certificate number: R155115.
Name of last ship: Port Wellington.
Ship's official number: 147589.
Last interned in: Marlag und Milag Nord.
Prisoner of war number: 87917.
Date of loss of ship:
30 November 1940 . -
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Topics
- Internment
- Americas
- Merchant seaman
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10814911/
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BT 373
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen Prisoner of War...
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