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Name: John Anthony Chick. Rank: Lance Bombardier , 90548, 2 Anti-Tank Regiment South...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/4244/67

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This record is about the Name: John Anthony Chick. Rank: Lance Bombardier , 90548, 2 Anti-Tank Regiment South... dating from 1944 Sept 20 in the series War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, and Directorate.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 208/4244/67
Date
1944 Sept 20
Description

Name: John Anthony Chick.

Rank: Lance Bombardier, 90548, 2 Anti-Tank Regiment South African Army. Captured: Tobruk, 22 June 1942.

Escaped or Liberated: PG 62/23 Azzanello, 11 September 1943.

Arrived in Switzerland: 22 October 1943.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PW/EX/SWITZ/595
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18050726/

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