Bradley Orton G

NAME Bradley* Orton Guthrie
RANK IN GREECE

Sapper

ON DEMOB

 

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

24501

PRISONER

4199

UNIT IN GREECE

19 Army Field Coy, 2NZEF

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

March – 28th April 1941

METHOD OF DEPARTURE

 

Captured/surrendered at Kalamata, 29th April
POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

Korinth & Salonika (presumed)

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg;

Stalag XVIIIC, Markt Pongau

 

ArbKdo: Radkersberg;

Leibnitz; + one other (Wildon?)

 

NOTES

*Although his own hand-written POW Questionnaire surname looks very much like BRADLY (without an ‘E’), the unusual composite family name of Orton Guthrie Bradley comes down through at least two generations via a certain Orton Guthrie Bradley (born in London, 1845, died New Zealand 1916) whose son John was killed in the 1st World War fighting for the Canterbury NZ Regiment. Perhaps John had already named his son after his own father, Orton Guthrie.

The questionnaire’s hand-writing is far from copperplate – maybe it really does say BRADLEY.

BRADLY (without an ‘E’) is a genuine surname but is extremely rare compared with BRADLEY.

Until otherwise informed, therefore, the Archivist has chosen to assume that the correct name should indeed be ORTON GUTHRIE BRADLEY.

STORY

We are pleased to share with you the (limited) information we have about Orton Bradley in our Archive. This is based on his POW questionnaire. Please click on the heading/link below which will take you to a PDF file.

Orton Guthrie Bradley Post Greece

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