NAME | Burns | Thomas |
RANK | IN GREECE
Ambulance Driver/Medical Orderly |
ON DEMOB
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SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
N/A |
PRISONER
N/K – or N/A if non-combatant? |
UNIT | IN GREECE
Friends Ambulance Unit |
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ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
31 March – mid May 1941 |
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METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Taken prisoner whilst attending to wounded in Kalamata after surrender | |
POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Corinth & Salonika |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf |
NOTES
1 Prior to Greece, Tom Burns had been on ‘active service’ in Finland and Norway in 1940. 2 Repatriated in December 1943 as attendant medical staff accompanying severely disabled PoWs. 3 See also archive of Ronald Joynes & Oswald Dick, fellow FAU “Friends” STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of Tom Burns from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. Please note we are sharing the contents of our Archive in good faith and in the spirit of the veterans asking us to “Tell Them We Were Here”. The copyright rests with the original authors (as credited), the families and/or The Brotherhood of Greek Veterans. Please contact us at greekveterans@gmail.com if you have any issues or concerns.
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