SCAIFE, Josiah

Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
'Middle East Depot Commando Training and Holding Unit'
Regiment/Corps: 
Black Watch
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2756183
P.O.W. number: 
22268
Born: 
Sunday, November 16, 1919
Birthplace: 
Bloemfontein
Private Josiah Scaife, Depot Middle East Commando, was reported missing 1 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war captured on 14 June 1941. Enlisted 17 September 1938. Civil trade - Carpenter. Resided South Shields, County Durham. 
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/320/453.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/279/1.
 
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