CALLAWAY, Thomas, Frederick
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Known as:
Cab
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
12 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Hampshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5499065
P.O.W. number:
18662
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, April 4, 1918
Birthplace:
Southampton, Hampshire
Died:
1989
Place died:
Southampton, Hampshire
Operations:
Corporal Thomas Callaway was one of the commando contingent who embarked on HMS Campbeltown for Operation Chariot, the raid at St. Nazaire 28 March 1942.
He was reported missing but later found to be a prisoner of war.
Sources
St Nazaire Society website.
Casualty Lists 1939045 / National Archives file WO417/43.
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 / National Archives file WO392/1 (Stalag 357).
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/54/392 (Marlag und Milag).
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 90 issued March 1990.
Registers of Deaths in Southampton no.989 vol 20, p.1103.
[Image] CVA Gallery.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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