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Name: Jack Chisnell. Rank: Bombardier , 1548145, 1 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/4244/71

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This record is about the Name: Jack Chisnell. Rank: Bombardier , 1548145, 1 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment... dating from 1944 Aug 14 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 208/4244/71
Date
1944 Aug 14
Description

Name: Jack Chisnell.

Rank: Bombardier, 1548145, 1 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery. Captured: Tobruk, 15 June 1942.

Escaped or Liberated: PG 146/13 Villa Biscossi, 10 September 1943.

Arrived in Switzerland: 31 October 1943.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PW/EX/SWITZ/1845
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18050730/

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