McSHANE, Charles Henry Hubert
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Dorsetshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5724665
P.O.W. camps:
Died :
Saturday, January 15, 1944
Died on war service
Age:
35
Cemetery/Memorial:
Sergeant Charles McShane, No.7 Commando, was reported missing on 2nd June 1941 during operations in Crete. Later found to have been captured and transported to Camp 78 in Italy [1][2].
- 1943 repatriated to the UK [3].
- 15 January 1944 died in the UK attached 4th Bn. Dorset Regiment [4][Notes]..
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/21.
[3] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/63.
[4] CWGC.
Notes
No.7 Commando had been disbanded during his period in captivity.
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