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2719585 Lance-Serjeant Samuel D TOBIN, 1 Irish Guards: POW

Discussion in 'The Brigade of Guards' started by dbf, Mar 17, 2013.

  1. dbf

    dbf Member

    Date of Enlistment: 1939

    Army Number: 2719585
    Rank: Serjeant
    Name: Samuel D TOBIN
    Unit: 3 Company, 1 Irish Guards

    Date of Birth: 27 July 1916
    Place of Birth: Tipperary, Ireland

    Date of Capture:
    Place of Capture: Italy

    POW Number: 278189
    POW Camps: Stalag IVB, Stalag IIIA
     
    Last edited: Jun 8, 2025
  2. dbf

    dbf Member

    Army Number: 2719585
    Rank: Lance-Serjeant
    Name: D TOBIN
    Unit: 3 Company, 1 Irish Guards
    Theatre: Italy
    Missing Personnel file: 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - Italy, Missing Personnel file
    TNA Reference: WO 361/784
    Notes: Date of Payment 14 January 1944, 500 Local Currency
    POW announced by Rome radio

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    Last edited: Nov 5, 2019
  3. dbf

    dbf Member

    Army Number: 2719585
    Rank: Lance-Serjeant
    Name: D TOBIN
    Unit: Irish Guards
    Theatre:
    POW Number: 278169
    Date of Capture:
    Place of Capture:
    Camp: Stalag IIIA
     
    Last edited: Jun 8, 2025
  4. dbf

    dbf Member

    Name: Samuel Tobin . Date of Birth: 27/07/1916 . Place of Birth: Tipperary, Ireland .... | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 416/363/334
    Name: Samuel Tobin.
    Date of Birth: 27/07/1916.
    Place of Birth: Tipperary, Ireland.
    Service: British Army.
    Rank: Sergeant.
    Regiment/Unit/Squadron: Irish Guards.
    Service Number: 2719585.
    Date of Capture: [unspecified].
    Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
    Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
    PoW number: 278189.
    Date of Death: [unspecified].
    Number of Photographs: 0.
    Number of Fingerprints: 0.
    Number of X-rays: 0.
    Number of Cards: 3.
    Date: [1939-1945]
     
    Last edited: Jun 5, 2025

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