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Name: John [Giles] Hipkin. Date of Birth: [29 April] 1926. Place of Birth: Byker,...

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Reference WO 416/407/578
Date [1939-1945]
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Name: John [Giles] Hipkin.

Date of Birth: [29 April] 1926.

Place of Birth: Byker, Northumberland.

Service: Merchant Navy.

Rank: Cabin Boy.

Regiment/Unit/Squadron: SS Lustrous.

Service Number: [R328666].

Date of Capture: [Atlantic Ocean].

Theatre of Capture: [22 February 1941].

Camp Name/Number: Marlag und Milag Nord.

PoW number: 91414.

Date of Death: [04 July 2016].

Number of Photographs: 0.

Number of Fingerprints: 0.

Number of X-rays: 0.

Number of Cards: 4.

Held by The National Archives, Kew
Legal status Public Record(s)
Access conditions Closed Until 2024
Closure Status Open Document, Open Description
Record opening date 20 March 2024

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