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Name: Armstrong , Walter. Date of birth: 25 November 1918. Place of birth: Wallasey....
Catalogue reference: BT 373/388
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This record is about the Name: Armstrong , Walter. Date of birth: 25 November 1918. Place of birth: Wallasey.... 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1942
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Name: Armstrong Walter.
Date of birth:
25 November 1918 .Place of birth: Wallasey.
Occupation or rank: Steward.
Certificate number: R139385.
Name of last ship: Laconia.
Ship's official number: 145925.
Last interned in: Hospital, Casablanca.
Prisoner of war number: Not provided.
Date of loss of ship:
12 September 1942 . -
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- Internment
- Merchant seaman
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Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Seamen Prisoner of War...
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