PLACKETT, John Leonard
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Rank:
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Hampshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5506570
P.O.W. number:
7784
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Tuesday, February 2, 1915
John Leonard Plackett from Croydon was employed with ICI as a Decorator / Bakelite Blender before enlisting into the Armed Forces on 20 June 1940. After volunteering he was attached to No.3 Commando. Lance Corporal Plackett was reported missing on 14 July 1943 at Agnone, Sicily, and the bridge at Malati (3 Commando Bridge), later confirmed prisoner of war.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/66, 68, and 95.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/254/1.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and 2.
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