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Harry Chaim Yehoshua Katanka
Born:
10 Tammuz 5646 (13 July 1886)
Died:
23 Elul 5728 (16 September 1968)
Basic Information
Unique reference:
KAT3496
Gender:
Male
Birth
Date of birth:
10 Tammuz 5646 (13 July 1886)
Place of birth:
Warsaw
Date arrived in Britain:
1912
Death
Date of death:
23 Elul 5728 (16 September 1968)
Died in combat?:
No
Place of death:
London
Burial place:
Bushey Old United Synagogue Cemetery
Places
Addresses
Home (demolished):
4 Winthorpe Street London (1915)
Home (no houses on this road still exist):
53 Hungerford Street London ()
Home:
103 Tredegar Road Bow, London
Home (demolished):
44 Malmesbury Road Bow, London
Synagogues
Name:
Hambro United Synagogue Adler Street E1
Name:
Mile End and Bow District United Synagogue Harley Grove E3
Family
Spouse
Annie Channah Hershfield (female)
Other surname / Maiden name:
Katanka
Place of marriage:
East London United Synagogue
Country of marriage:
England
Children
Betty Bloomah Katanka (female)
Kitty Gittel Katanka (female)
Michael Yitchok Meyer Katanka (male)
Linda Rosie Katanka (female)
Rev Morris Moishe Katanka (male)
Homefront
Occupation:
Master Tailor
Military Record
Military service:
Army
Military record no.:
J1273
Rank at discharge/death:
Private
Assignments
Regiment:
Royal Fusiliers
Battalion/unit:
39th Battalion (Judeans)
Campaigns:
Served in Egypt and Palestine
Medals:
Victory Medal and British War Medal
Now held at the Jewish Museum Camden
Now held at the Jewish Museum Camden
Other Occupations
Type of employment:
Home Guard during Second World War
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