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Name: Charles Henry Rabjohn Dixon. Rank: Rifleman , 6916863, 9th Battalion, The Rifle...
Catalogue reference: WO 208/4248/29
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- 1944 Sept 24
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Name: Charles Henry Rabjohn Dixon.
Rank: Rifleman, 6916863, 9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Captured: Mersa Brega,
3 April 1941 .Escaped or Liberated: PG 146/22 Vairano,
9 September 1943 .Arrived in Switzerland:
22 October 1943 .Other names mentioned: Driver A G Adams (R.E).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PW/EX/SWITZ/1947
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