SOE Orr, Adam

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Orr ​

• FORENAME

Adam ​

• UNIT

62 Commando (Small Scale Raiding Force) ​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

6387010 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

12th April 1945 ​

• AGE

23 ​

• GRAVESITE

Durnbach War Cemetery,Germany 3.F.10 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

true name Opoczynski,Abraham​

parent unit Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment​

born c1922 Lodz,Poland​

son of Hirsh and Yetta Opoczynski​

nephew of Mr L. Spiro,Forest Gate,Essex​

described in accounts as a "Polish Jew"​

journalist​

escaped to England 1938​

foreign correspondent for a Polish newspaper​

POW Normandy September 1942 - executed Germany (date approx)​

Op.Aquatint ​

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