WHALEY, James Arundel
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
5950224
P.O.W. number:
9580
Born:
Saturday, June 30, 1917
James Arundel Whaley enlisted in 1939, civil occupation Electricity Meter Reader. In 1940 he volunteered for the Commandos and was attached to No.7 Commando embarking with them for the Middle East as part of Layforce. Corporal Whaley was reported missing in Crete, later confirmed a prisoner of war since 1 June 1941. During his early captivity in 1941 he was hospitalised with bouts of diptheria and yellow jaundice.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, 32, and 94.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/340/2.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1 and WO392/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/340/2.
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