DARRAGH, Robert
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
41RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
PO/X116175
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Thursday, May 10, 1923
Died :
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Place died:
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Age:
81
Robert Darragh, an apprentice Sheet Metal Worker, enlisted in the Royal Marines September 1942 later joining 41RM Commando. He was captured on 11 September 1943 at Salerno, Italy, and was a prisoner of war until the end of hostilities. During that time he suffered numerous bouts of malaria requiring over 10 periods in hospital. On return to the UK he was living in Sydenham.
Sources
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaires / National Archives file WO344/83/2.
Government Probate Death Index, Winchester Registry, Probate date 18/5/2005, no.1831401.
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