TURNER, Andrew Charles
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Birth name:
POLLASCHEK, Otto
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
13801460
6436369
Born:
Tuesday, May 13, 1919
Birthplace:
Vienna, Austria
Otto Pollaschek, born in Vienna and of Jewish Faith, served in 3 Troop No.10 (Inter Allied) Commando under the alias of Andrew Charles Turner. He was attached to No.3 Commando during the advance through North West Europe.
1 December 1939 exempted from internment.
Nationality: German.
Police Registration Certificate number 764138.
Residing Easington Northleach Gloucestershire..
Occupation: Farm Labourer.
21 January 1949 UK Naturalisation.
Resident in Eastbourne, Sussex. Certificate BNA513.
7 February 1949 Oath of Allegiance taken
Pollaschek, Otto (known as Turner, Andrew Charles);' Austria :' Hotel Employee ; Flat 4, • 18, Upperton Road, Eastbourne, Sussex. 7 February, 1949.
Sources
Photo in Gallery of 3 Troop with surnames.
Martin Sugarman, BA (Hons), Cert. Ed, Archivist of the AJEX Jewish Military Museum, London.
Home Office Exemption from Internment Certificate / National Archives file HO396/69.
Home Office Naturalisation Certificate / National Archives file HO334/316/513.
Oath of Allegiance / London Gazette 38568 page 1465.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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