GATH, Sidney Patrick
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Rank:
Private (Acting Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service:
Army
Number:
7264449
P.O.W. number:
142643
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, October 8, 1917
Sidney Patrick Gath, a Mercantile Marine Sailor from Dumbarton, enlisted 27 April 1938. Sergeant Gath, R.A.M.C. attached to No.6 Commando, was reported missing 26 February 1943 at El Arousa, Tunisia (Battle of Steamroller Farm), later confirmed a prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/59 and 92.
Stalag 357 Rolls / National Archives file AIR 40/276.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/117/1 (partial extract below).
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