| NAME | Dobson | Arthur Roy Neill ‘Roy’ |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Corporal |
ON DEMOB
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| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
VX5835
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PRISONER
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| UNIT | IN GREECE
Regiment 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
Dates not known
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Taken PoW in Kalamata Greece 29 April 941
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| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
PoW in German transit camps in Corinth and Salonika
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IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag 18a. Wolfsberg, Austria PoW number 3628 Work Camps: Arbeit Commando 11066/GW, Klagenfurt, Austria Nature of Work: Hatheyer Soap Factory Work Camp: 10029/GW, Waidsmannsdorf, Klagenfurt Total time as PoW: 1468 days |
| NOTES
Arthur ‘Roy’ was taken in Kalamata. An extract from Brigadier Savige’s war diary described the situation on the quayside and mentions Captain Tyrrell. Arthur ‘Roy’ would not have been too far away from him as he was tantamount to his batman. Born in Meriden, historically part of Warwickshire, England in 1918, Roy emigrated to Australia with his family at the age of ten in 1928. After repatriation to Australia, Arthur ‘Roy’ re-enlisted in the Australian army and was sent to England for post-armistice service. Arthur ‘Roy’ was discharged from the Australian army in England on 25th Jun 1947. He remained in England living in Stafford, Staffordshire, in the Midlands, where he died in 1972 aged 54.
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