MATTHEWS, Donald
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Bn.
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6403973
P.O.W. number:
7842
Born:
Thursday, May 18, 1916
Birthplace:
Winchester, Hants.
Donald Matthews, a Storeman from Winchester, Hampshire, enlisted 16 March 1940 and later volunteered for the Commandos. Private Matthews, 52 Middle East Commando, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to have been captured the previous day.
Sources
Sources
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 18A).
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 18A).
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/250/39 (Stalag 18D).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/214/2.
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