MCKENZIE, Arthur Joss
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
11 Commando
'Layforce'
Middle East Commandos
'Special Boat Section'
Regiment/Corps:
Highland Light Infantry 2nd Bn.
Service:
Army
Service Number:
3323707
Born:
Thursday, April 15, 1920
Died :
Sunday, August 15, 1971
Place died:
Frodsham, Cheshire
Age:
51
09.06.1941 (Layforce) wounded Litani River, Syria [1].
12.09.1942 reported missing later prisoner of war. Camp PG59 [2][2a].
15.09.1942 No.1 Special Boat Section. Captured during Operation Anglo at Rhodes. Their mission was to land from a submarine and attack and destroy enemy aircraft at the Marizza (Maritsa) and Calato (Kalathos) Airfields [2b][2c][2d].
09.09.1943 Escaped PG146/22 Vairano, Italy [2b].
20.11.1943 arrived in Switzerland [2b][3].
09.09.1943 Escaped PG146/22 Vairano, Italy [2b].
20.11.1943 arrived in Switzerland [2b][3].
Member of the Commando Association [4].
Sources
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/29.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/53.
[2a] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
[2b] Reports of Escapees via Switzerland / National Archives file WO208/4260/60.
[2c] The Filibusters author John Lodwick.
[2d] SBS in World War Two, p.46, author G.B. Courtney.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/69.
[4] Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
[4] Commando Association Lost Legion List 8.
Notes
* Service Record / National Archives file WO422/59001 (closed).
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