| NAME | Slocombe | David Allan |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Sapper |
ON DEMOB
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| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
2002443 |
PRISONER
5266 |
| UNIT | IN GREECE
292 Field Coy, Royal Engineers |
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| ACTIVE
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IN GREECE
March – early May 1941 |
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| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
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Captured about 3-4 May after betrayal by a Greek farmer having first absconded from Kalamata rather than surrender | |
| POW CAMPS
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IN GREECE
Corinth & Salonika |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
Stalag XVIIID. Marberg ArbKdo GW87 on Power Station ArbKdo on Austrian farm Stalag XVIIIC, Markt Pongau |
| NOTES
“TTWWH” Chap 25 BBC “A Prisoner’s Tale Retold” Same Unit as Earnie Carroll, Jack Dean, Ken Millington, Dennis Lambert & CO Malcolm Young –see their archives O/C was Capt John P Hughes, MC, who escaped from Kalamata in a rowing boat Died 22 November 2018 STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of Allan Slocombe from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. 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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