WILSON, John Eric
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Rank:
Driver
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Service Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
T/7684352
P.O.W. number:
12838
Born:
Friday, October 4, 1918
John Eric Wilson, a Commercial Traveller from Blackpool, enlisted 4 April 1939. Driver Wilson later volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.3 Commando. He was reported missing 27 August 1943 during operations at Bova Marina, Sicily, confirmed as a prisoner of war on 29 August 1943.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/68 and 69.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/349/2.
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