Serviceman

Cyril Barber

817th

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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.

Army serial number: 01691639
Sources: morning-report

Flags. known only from morning reports (surname, serial number and clerks spelling); not yet matched to a roster name another record shares the name Barber, Cyril (units HQ, 816th, 840th, 817th, , 817th, 817th, 817th, serials 6906439, None, None, None, 1691639, 01691639); may be the same man

Morning reports

4 entries, first 13 July 1944, last 25 September 1944. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

1944-07-13 817th: 2Lt 3 fr LIA Hosp. to duty 12 Jul
1944-08-20 817th: 2Lt
1944-09-15 817th: 2Lt
1944-09-25 817th: 1Lt

National Archives pages: roll 481431546 p. 798, roll 566192358 p. 2441, roll 570165454 p. 480, roll 570165454 p. 493

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