Reverse of letter from Lieut. Ronnie Swayne dated 15th October 1942
Date: 13/01/2011
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Lt. John Paul Cochrane, No.62 Commando (SSRF)
[Photo courtesy of his son Michael Cochrane].
Canadian soldier posted to England in 1940. Served with No. 1 Small Scale Raiding Force in the Mediterranean including Operation Snapdragon at Pantellaria setting off on the submarine H.M.S. Unshaken from Malta on 24 May 1943. Reported missing 1 July 1943 during Operation Hawthorn, a raid on airfields at Sardinia. Later confirmed captured by the Italians. Prisoner of war until May 1945 spending most of that time at Oflag 79.
Regiment/Corps: General List / Toronto Scottish Regiment.
Service Number: 254800
P.O.W. number: 989
P.O.W. camps: Camp PG21 Chieti Italy; Oflag VIII-F (8F), Marskova Tsebova, Czechoslovakia; Oflag 79 Waggum, Braunschweig, Germany.
John Paul Cochrane
b. 24.03.1914 Buffalo, New York.
d. 18.02.1990 Ormand Beach, Florida.
