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Name: David Raeside Callahan. Date of Birth: 25/10/1904 or 20/8/1903. Place of...

Catalogue reference: WO 416/54/358

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WO 416/54/358
Date
[1939-1945]
Description

Name: David Raeside Callahan.

Date of Birth: 25/10/1904 or 20/8/1903.

Place of Birth: Glasgow.

Service: British Army.

Rank: Private.

Regiment/Unit/Squadron: The Royal Scots (Royal Regiment)

Service Number: 3049893 or 3029893.

Date of Capture: 27 May 1940.

Theatre of Capture: Merville, France.

Camp Name/Number: Stalag XXIA Schildberg.

PoW number: 31153.

Date of Death: [unspecified].

Number of Photographs: 1.

Number of Fingerprints: 1.

Number of X-rays: 0.

Number of Cards: 9.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Open on Transfer
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16728959/

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