| NAME | Cope | John McDonald |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Gunner* |
ON DEMOB
N/K |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
1511 |
PRISONER
4081 |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
25 Bty, 4th Field Regt, NZ Artillery |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
20 March – April 1941 |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Surrendered/captured Kalamata
29 April 1941 |
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| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Corinth & Salonika presumably |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag XVIIIA (possibly also XVIIIB or XVIIID) ArbKdo 11086/GW, Niklasdorf; ArbKdo 1731/L, Spitz (MoC); ArbKdo 945/GW, Selzthal
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| NOTES & SOURCES
Sources: Son (John), International Red Cross & Forces War Records Personal Notes: 1 Dad had no formal training in life, left school at age 13 to work on the family farm, but could turn his hand to anything. He built many houses and had nearly finished the house I am living in now before he died in 1978. Dad shared some of his experiences with me but passed-away 42 years ago. 2 I was able to find confirmation of him in the Red Cross reports. Dad said he had his appendices removed without being anaesthetized and he was still in Hospital when the Red Cross visited. 3 Dad was engaged before he enlisted but received a dear John letter whilst he was a prisoner of war. After he returned from the war he did not meet my mum until 1947. 4 He died in 1978 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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