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Name: Wilbur Arthur Choat. Rank: Gunner , 28906, 6 Field Regiment New Zealand Artillery...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/4244/73

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This record is about the Name: Wilbur Arthur Choat. Rank: Gunner , 28906, 6 Field Regiment New Zealand Artillery... dating from 1944 Aug 16 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 208/4244/73
Date
1944 Aug 16
Description

Name: Wilbur Arthur Choat.

Rank: Gunner, 28906, 6 Field Regiment New Zealand Artillery New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Captured: Merse Matruh, Egypt, 28 June !942.

Escaped or Liberated: PG 106/20 Salussola, Vercelli, 10 September 1943.

Arrived in Switzerland: 17 May 1944.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PW/EX/SWITZ/1204
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18050732/

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