John A. “Pop” Squelch

Signalman · #1149596

Rank	Signalman
Service number	#1149596
Known as	“Pop”
POW / KIA	PoW — Dodecanese, 16 Nov 1943

What this roll records

Aegean/Dodecanese operations, 1943: listed as Signalman Squelch, service no. 1149596; taken prisoner of war, 16 Nov 1943. Source: Brendan O’Carroll, ‘The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean’ (Appendix V, Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA).

Dodecanese operations, 1943: prisoner of war 16 Nov 1943. Source: Roll of British & Rhodesian PoW and KIA (Appendix V), compiled by Jim Patch, LRDG (UK) Association.

MI9/CSDIC escapers' list (item 2292): reported 19 Nov 1943 (L.R.D.G.); returned 24 Jan 1944. Source: wartime escapers'/interrogation list. (Indicates he escaped/evaded from the Dodecanese, Nov 1943.)

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AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
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