CATTLE, Arthur
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
52ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, 2nd Bn.
Service:
Army
Number:
4800320
P.O.W. number:
12183
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, December 16, 1914
Arthur Cattle from Lincoln enlisted into the Armed Forces on 6 June 1935. Private Cattle, 52ME Commando was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete as part of 'D' Bn., Layforce, later confirmed a prisoner of war. In June 1943 he escaped from a Work Camp that was aligned to Stalag IIID in Berlin but was recaptured 3 days later. After 14 days punishment he was sent to Stalag IVC.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/27, 32, and 96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/58/1.
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