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Theodor Anton Heinrich Schubauer

Civilian. Austrian

Born  6 Nov 1890
Died  24 Feb 1941(50)

Roster information listed for Theodor Anton Heinrich Schubauer


ShipTypeRank / roleAttacked onBoat
Jonathan HoltSteam merchantPassenger24 Feb 1941 (+)U-97 (1)

Personal information

Travelled as timber trader Thomas Shearer. Husband of Valerie Schubauer, of Bramley, near Guildford, Surrey. Theodor Schubauer was an Austrian socialist who fled with his Jewish wife from Vienna to the UK after Germany annexed Austria in 1938. He was recruited by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) that planned to send him together with Franz Preiss to Austria via Cairo through Greece and Yugoslavia, but both were lost on passage aboard Jonathan Holt from Liverpool to Takoradi.

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