Straughan Thomas Pte 4454681
Personnel Entry
Name Straughan Thomas
Army number 4454681
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age (At the time of his death). Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies early May 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion - probably 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Reported missing 21/5/1940. Reported wounded and PoW. Previously reported wounded and PoW in German hands - now reported repatriated (1943 list). Returned to the UK. Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 11/1/44.
Company/Battery Company not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Yes - reported wounded - probably on 20/5/1940.
Prisoner of War Yes - reported as being PoW - no date given, but probably 20-21/5/1940.
Died/Killed in action Date of death not yet known.
Home address 9, Chapel St. Felling-on-Tyne.
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