SZARKOW, Justin
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Known as:
GIBBS, Justin (from 1956)
Rank:
Fusilier
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
4204610
Born:
Monday, September 18, 1916
Died :
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Age:
96
Fusilier Justin Szarkow, 2 troop, was wounded 15 April 1945 in Italy (Lake Comacchio).
In 1956 he changed the family name of Szarkow to Gibbs to honour his step father.
First born of a Polish immigrant family he was born and raised in Manchester. His daughter adds "He was fiercely patriotic to his death and was proud to have been a Commando".
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/91.
Commando Association newsletter 112 (2001).
The 1939 Register covering Manchester.
[Image and details] His daughter Pauline Hajok.
Notes
His father was killed in action in WW1.
53491 Private S. Szarkow, 1st/8th Bn. Middlesex Regiment died on the 24th August 1918 and is remembered with honour at Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery. ( Source: CWGC.)
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