DIAZ, Juan
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Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps:
Queen's Royal Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6100509
P.O.W. number:
81087
Born:
Tuesday, January 1, 1918
Corporal Juan Diaz, a Spanish volunteer attached to 'D' Bn. Layforce, was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later found to be a prisoner of war [1][2][3].
Extracts from WO344/91/1 [3].
10.08.1940 enlisted, former trade Carpenter.
19.08.1941 to May 1942 prisoner at Stalag 3D.
May 1942 to 17.04.1945 prisoner at Stalag 383.
Endorsed at rear: "This man is a spaniard who came over the mountains in the [.......] from Catalonia, was interned in France, later he enlisted in the French Foreign Legion and went with it to Syria. He deserted after the fall of France and went to Palestine where he enlisted in the Commando".
Service timeline (4)(4a)
23.08.1940 posted 50 (ME) Commando.
17.09.1940 appointed unpaid Acting Lance Corporal.
24.11.1940 posted to Depot Commando Training and Holding Unit.
28.03.1941 posted to 'D' Bn., Layforce.
21.04.1941 admitted to hospital.
03.05.1941 discharged from hospital.
24.05.1941 appointed unpaid Acting Corporal.
24.05.1941 embarked Egypt.
24.05.1941 embarked Egypt.
25.05.1941 disembarked Crete.
02.06.1941 reported missing posted x(111) List.
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28 and WO417/34.
[2] Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/10 and WO392/20.
[3] Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/91/1.
[4] Appdx. at rear of Enlistment register book 24 2nd Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) / Part 11 Order, Issue No.41 dated 6 Sept. 1941. (FMP).
[4a] Appdx. at rear of Enlistment register book 24 2nd Bn. The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) / Last Part 11 Order, Issue No.40 dated 29 Aug. 1941. (FMP).
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