| NAME | Atkinson | John (according to contemporary photo & memorial stone and to Robin Knight in his biography “The Extraordinary Life of Mike Cumberlege SOE”)
George (according to Gavin Don’s text) |
| RANK | IN GREECE
2nd Lt or full Lt |
ON DEMOB
N/A – executed Athens, Feb 1943 |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
N/K |
PRISONER
N/K |
| UNIT | IN GREECE & AEGEAN
RASC in Greece; SOE in Antiparos |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE & AEGEAN
Greece, Mar – Oct 1941 Antiparos, Dec 41 – Jan 42 |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Greece – caique from Athens after capture at Kalamata & PoW at Piraeus
Returned to Antiparos as SOE agent in submarine HMS Triumph. Captured, then sent to prison in Athens |
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| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
1941 – Piraeus 1942/43 – Athens |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
N/A |
| NOTES
Sources: 1) HMS Triumph Association 2) Mail Online For more information please email us at greekveterans@gmail.com and we will forward your request to our Archivist Noah Scott |
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