HARDING, John Aubrey, D.H.

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Fusiliers 1st Bn.
Service: 
Army
Number: 
6457903
P.O.W. number: 
12040
Born: 
Sunday, August 20, 1916
Birthplace: 
London
Died: 
1991
Place died: 
Hackney, London
Lance Corporal John Harding was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/162/90.
Registers of deaths in Hackney 1991.
 
Notes
Register of deaths transcript shows date of birth as 20 August 1916.
German Card transcription erroneously shows service number as 6757903 and d.o.b. as 20 August 1915.
 
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