| NAME | Grant | Sydney Carney ‘Syd’ |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Private |
ON DEMOB
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| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
VX6699 |
PRISONER
N/A |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
Ammo Coy, 2/8 Battalion, 6th Aus Div, AIF |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
12 March – 28 April 1941 (took option to escape and evade detection when Brig Parrington ordered surrender on 29 April) |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Picked up from Trachila (40km SE of Kalamata down the Mani peninsula) by HMS Hero in the early hours of 1 May. Taken back to Egypt via Crete.
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| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
N/A |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
N/A |
| NOTES
1 Rescued on same night by same ship as Edwin Horlington 2 Back home in Australia after the war he named his farm ‘Kalamata’. 3 Source: family communication and Jim Claven STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of Syd Grant from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. JIM CLAVEN’S IN-DEPTH STUDY, Syd Grant 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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