| NAME | Kirman | George Septimus (‘Snow’) |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Sapper |
ON DEMOB
N/K |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
24117 |
PRISONER
4650 |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
24 Bn 2NZEF |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
17 March – 28 April |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Captured at Pylos, 28 April 1941, taken to Kalamata on/by 4 May | |
| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Presumably Dulags 185 Corinth & 183 Salonika |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg; Stalag XVIIID, Marberg; Stalag XVIIIC, Markt Pongau.
ArbKdo 29/L, Eberdorf bei Hartberg
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| NOTES
Source: Son (Fred) “Father was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England and emigrated with his mother and brother to New Zealand as a child in the early 1920s. Prior to enlisting in the New Zealand Army, Snow (as he was known) was employed as a Fish Curer in Auckland. He had undertaken four years military service as a cadet in the New Zealand Army and enlisted in 1940. On his return to New Zealand in 1945, Snow married Rose Edith Pickett (nee Bussey). In December 1960, my father retired on a full War Pension due to war related health problems. He died on 27 June 1965. In 2013 my wife and I visited Wolfsberg for the first Stalag 18A reunion. We also visited the family whose farm he worked on in Ebersdorf not far from Wolfsberg.” STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of G S ‘Snow’ Kirman from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. G S ‘Snow’ Kirman Greek Campaign 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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