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| Full Name | Ian Wallace McCallum |
| Nickname | Mac |
| Number | 299739 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
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| Date of Birth | 26.06.1923 Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire, UK |
| Date of Death | 23.04.1945 (Age 21) |
| Gravesite | Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy II.E.20 |
| Father | William Alexander |
| Mother | Gwendoline L'Estrange McCallum, 2682 Calle Rawson Olivos FCCA, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Enlisted | 16.08.1942 Euston Road,London, UK |
| Military | parent unit 27th Lancers,R.A.C. officer cadet (14405494) commissioned 2Lt RAC 7.11.1943 WS Lt 1944 joined PPA 20.12.1944 PPA B Patrol (CO) KIA Coccanile, Italy (jeep hit by panzerfaust) |
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| Further Information | resided Warrington,Lancashire junior structural engineer in civilian life He is remembered on the War Memorial at St Andrew's Church, Buenos Aires, Argentina "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) |
WEB LINKS:
Roll of honour : http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/200/Grave Photos : https://www.twgpp.org/photograph/view/829441
FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56442125/ian-wallace-mccallumAttachments
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