MITCHELL, William Pratt
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
Middle East Commandos
Regiment/Corps:
Gordon Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
2881817
P.O.W. number:
250169
Born:
Wednesday, March 10, 1920
William Pratt Mitchell, a skilled worker from Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire, enlisted 16 May 1939. Reported missing whilst serving in the Middle East Commando on 14 September 1942 during operations in the Middle East (Tobruk), later confirmed wounded and prisoner of war
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/55 and WO417/79.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/21.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/221/2.
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