Wilde Jack

NAME Wilde Jack (‘Jimmy’)
RANK IN GREECE

Private

ON DEMOB

 

SERIAL NUMBER SERVICE

136514?

PRISONER

2822

UNIT IN GREECE

RASC

ACTIVE

 

IN GREECE

March – 28 April 1941

METHOD OF DEPARTURE

 

Captured/surrendered at Kalamata, 29 April
POW CAMPS

 

IN GREECE

Korinth & Salonika (presumed)

IN OCCUPIED EUROPE

Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfsberg;

 

ArbKdo 199/GW; Sunk,between Hohentauern, Triebenstein

 

NOTES

Source – letter from Jack to Edwin Horlington, with photos.

STORY

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Jack Wilde Foreword

Jack Wilde Pre Greece

Jack Wilde Greek Campaign

Jack Wilde Post Greece

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