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2718349 Serjeant John O’CONNELL, 2 Irish Guards: POW

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    Date of Enlistment:
    Army Number: 2718349
    Rank: Serjeant
    Name: John O’CONNELL
    Unit: 1 Irish Guards ; 2 Irish Guards


    Date of Birth: 21 January 1914
    Place of Birth: Killmallock

    Date of Capture: 22 May 1940
    Place of Capture: Boulogne, France

    POW Number: 31118
    POW Camps: Stalag IXC
     
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    Army Number: 2718349
    Rank: Serjeant
    Name: J O’CONNELL
    Unit: 1 Irish Guards
    GSM & Clasp: GSM, Palestine Clasp 1936 - 1939
    TNA Reference: WO 100/503
     
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    https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17431130
    Reference: WO 416/275/346
    Name: John O'Connell.
    Date of Birth: 21/01/1914.
    Place of Birth: Killmallock.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Sergeant.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Irish Guards.
    Service Number: 2718349.
    Date of Capture: 22/05/1940.
    Theatre of Capture: Boulogne.
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag IXC Bad Sulza.
    PoW number: 31118.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 2.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 12.
     
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