NAME | Ledgerwood | John Herbert |
RANK | IN GREECE
Officially – YMCA Secretary (civilian) Unofficially 1 – Private soldier Unofficially 2 – Padre (acting rank of Captain) |
ON DEMOB
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SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
2104 |
PRISONER
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UNIT | IN GREECE
19 & 20 Btns, 2NZEF (attached) |
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ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
Mainland 16 March – 25 April 1941 Crete 26 April – 31 May 1941
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METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Volunteered to stay behind with last troops captured at Sphakia, Crete | |
POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Dulag 183, Salonika |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Oflag Xc, Lubeck, Germany: Oflag VIb, Dossel, Warburg, Germany: Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg, Austria (roving commission to all Work Camps) |
NOTES
Awarded MBE 1945 for services rendered to PoWs For more information please email us at greekveterans@gmail.com and we will forward your request to our Archivist Noah Scott |