PPA McCallum, Ian Wallace

John Robertson

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Staff member
  • SURNAME
McCallum
  • FORENAME
Ian Wallace
  • UNIT
PPA B Patrol (CO)
  • RANK
Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
299739
  • DATE OF DEATH
23rd April 1945
  • AGE
21
  • GRAVESITE
Argenta Gap War Cemetery,Italy II.E.20
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 27th Lancers,R.A.C.
born 26.6.1923 Colwyn Bay,Denbighshire
resided Warrington,Lancashire
son of William Alexander and Gwendoline L'Estrange McCallum,2682
Calle Rawson Olivos FCCA,Buenos Aires,Argentina
junior structural engineer in civilian life
enlisted 16.8.1942 Euston Road,London
officer cadet (14405494)
commissioned 2Lt RAC 7.11.1943
WS Lt 1944
joined PPA 20.12.1944
KIA Coccanile,Italy (jeep hit by panzerfaust)
"I liked him so much that I thought I had found in him at last a young man I would be able to train to perfection in my own manner and I took him in hand - but a few days after he joined us"(Popski)
He is remembered on the War Memorial at St Andrew's Church,Buenos Aires,Argentina
 
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