SMITH, Joseph
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Birth name:
KUGLER, Josef
Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
10 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Pioneer Corps
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
Service:
Army
Number:
6305456
P.O.W. number:
25279
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Sunday, January 13, 1918
Private Joseph Smith, 'X' Troop, was a refugee from Czechoslavakia (Sudeten German) born Josef KUGLER. SOE trained. Reported missing 19 August 1942 during operations at Dieppe, later found to be a prisoner of war. He escaped several times from working camps only to be re-captured after short spells of freedom on each occasion.
Sources
War Diary 10 IA Commando , June 1942 - Sept 1945 / National Archives/DEFE 2/45.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/57 and WO 417/92.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1 and WO392/11.
German Record Cards of British POWs / National Archives file WO416/335/186.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/294/2.
Special Operations Executive Personnel file / National Archives file HS9/866/6.
The book 'X' Troop, author Leah Garrett.
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