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Bmbdr. Leonard George Carder
New Zealand Army Artillery
from:Auckland NZ
Len Carder served in North Africa with the NZ Army, where in 1941 he was wounded and captured by the Italians. He was imprisoned in Italy, where he escaped for a while before being re-captured and sent to Germany. POW number 140754 held in Stalag 11A at Altengrabow.
Len established LG Carder plumbers merchants in the 1960's, (which was extant in 2009, now the name has changed) and sold the business just prior to his death in 1980.