Horscroft Lewis R ‘Lew’

NAME Horscroft Lewis Raymond ‘Lew’
RANK IN GREECE

Trooper

ON DEMOB

Trooper

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

3861

PRISONER

1001

UNIT IN GREECE

HQ Sdn, 2NZ Div Cav

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

21 March – ca 28 April

METHOD OF DEPARTURE

 

Captured/surrendered, possibly 29th April at Kalamata (officially notified 4th May 1941, location not stated)
POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

Dulag 185, Corinth & presumably 183, Salonika

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg;

 

NOTES

Source:  Daughter & Family Archive

STORY

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Lew Horscroft Foreword

Lew Horscroft Pre Greece

Lew Horscroft Greek Campaign

Lew Horscroft Post Greece

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