HEARN, William Alec, V.
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
'Special Air Service'
Middle East Commandos
Regiment/Corps:
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Service:
Army
Number:
5437280
P.O.W. number:
140876
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, September 16, 1921
Birthplace:
Bodmin, Cornwall
Private William Hearn was reported missing 18 January 1943 in Libya [1] later confirmed as a prisoner of war since 15 January 1943 [2][3].
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/58 and WO417/91 (date missing and ME Cdo).
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1, WO392/11, WO392/21.
[3] German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/170/395 (date captured and SAS).
Records of Births registered in Oct/Nov/Dec 1921 in Bodmin, Cornwall, Vol 5C, page 92.
Notes
Regiment and dates captured and reported missing coincide with dates shown on our record for Corporal Leslie Jock Brown which has a fuller service history [more.....].
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