| Surname: | McConaghy |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Warrant Officer II |
| Army Number: | 3048622 |
| Notes: | CMP. POW. Formerly Royal Scots. Transferred to CMP. Captured Middle East. Casualty List 856/3 Middle East, missing believed POW, 27/5/1942. Casualty List 897/4, Middle East, previously shown in Casualty List 856 as missing now POW, 27/5/1942. POW Italian POW Camp No. 65, Gravina, (near Altamura). Stalag 357, Oerbke. Lower Saxony. Casualty List 1839, POW, Previously reported POW now not POW, previous list 897, Middle East. 21/5/54 He was awarded the GSM 1918 Palestine. 1939 - 1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal. rank shown a CQMS. Address:- 112 North Farm Road, Fox Lane, Hawley, Camberley, Surrey. Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X. 88976. 3048622, CSM, McConaghy, Arthur, CMP (ex 204 Pro Coy), 13 Corps, born 9/7/02, enlisted 11/1/32, address: 1 heather Cottages, Frimley Road, Ash Vale, Surrey, captured El Adem, Libya, 27/5/42, were you wounded when captured ? No. POW camps: Camp 65, Italy, from 7/42 to May 43, Camp 73, italy, from 5/43 to 9/43, Stalag 18a, Spittal, Austria, from 10/43 to 4/44, camp 557, Thorn, Poland, 4/44 to 8/44, 11b, Fallingbostel, from 8/44 to to 4/45. Did you suffer serious illness whilst a POW ? Yes, nefritis, lack of vitamins, 6 weeks, inability to pass water and the body swelled up, MO stated due to lack of solid food. Did you receive adequate medical treatment ? No, |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | General Service Medal 1918 (London Gazette: Medal Roll WO 100/509 Page: 263 Jan. 24, 1940) |
| Citation: | Clasp: Palestine, 1936- 1939. L/Cpl. |
Prisoner of War Record: | |
| Imprisonment: | Stalag 357 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |