Campbell Finlay

NAME Campbell Finlay John
RANK IN GREECE

Corporal (promoted to Sgt un-knowingly just before capture)

ON DEMOB

Sergeant

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

WX1076

PRISONER

3666

UNIT IN GREECE

2/11 (West Aus) Bn, AIF

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

12 – 26 April 1941

METHOD OF DEPARTURE

 

Captured at Korinth??, 24?? April
POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

Dulag 185 Corinth,

Dulag 183 Salonika

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg.

 

ArbKdos 11094/L, Silberegg;

???/L, Heiligenkreuz am Waasen

 

NOTES & SOURCES

Family contact (daughter Linda)

He always spoke most fondly of Austria and the Austrian people, so it was quite amazing when Hildegard eventually tracked us down in 2015.  Dad was happy man and always made the most of life.  He spoke a lot about his war years, luckily for us, although mainly in a light-hearted way.  I am sure he suffered like so many of the men, but he used to say, “we were all fighting for our country in the way we were told”.  He never spoke badly of the Germans even though he must have found four years as a POW totally unbearable for a man who always liked his freedom.”

STORY

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Finlay Campbell Foreword

Finlay Campbell Pre Greece

Finlay Campbell Greek Campaign

Finlay Campbell Post Greece

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