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Lt. William Massie
British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Aberdeen
From the General Questionnaire for British Ex-Prisoners of War the
main camps in which William Massie was imprisoned were,
PG 78 Sept 1942 - July 1943,
PG 19 July 1943 - Sept 1943,
Oflag VA Oct 1943 - Jan 1944,
Oflag V111F Jan 1944 - May 1944 and
Oflag 79 May 1944 - April 1945.
On 7th of January 1944, he escaped from a train in Silesia in company of Lt D W March of the Essex Regiment.
Both were recaptured during morning of 9th on a goods train in Waldenburg.