ABRAHAMS, John Cyril

Served as : 
Alias of BAKER
Rank: 
Gunner
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6471801
P.O.W. number: 
39532
Born: 
Tuesday, May 2, 1916
John Cyril Abrahams from Cullingworth, Bradford, enlisted 13 June 1940, formerly employed as a Clothing Designer. Gunner Abrahams was reported missing 14 July 1943 during operations at Agnone, Sicily, and Malati Bridge (3 Commando Bridge), later found to be a prisoner of war. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/66.
WW11 Liberated POW Questionnaires 1945-6 / National Archives file WO344 Directorate of Mil. Int.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11.

Transcript of German Prisoner of War Record Card / National Archives file WO416/1/225.

Notes
POW Records show surname Abrahams alongside an alias of Baker.
 

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