Serviceman
Wathen
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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
- 37122110
- Rank
- Cpl (19 November 1943), Cpl (19 December 1943), Cpl (16 April 1944), Cpl (14 September 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
4 entries, first 19 November 1943, last 14 September 1944; grades seen: Cpl. 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.
- 1943-11-19 HQ: Above 5 EM trfd per NOS to 816th Bomb THIS Sq ate FLD o & CAPT 1ST LT
- 1943-12-19 816th: 750 Set.
- 1944-04-16 816th: P vt
- 1944-09-14 816th: 7 EM fr Dy to TD San Spirito Rest Camp for 5 day period per P 5 so 185 this Hgrs dtd 13 Sept, 1944. 33326664 Green George (NMI).
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 845, roll 458053820 p. 149, roll 469122525 p. 19, roll 570165454 p. 398
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