264403 Ronald Alec Hogben British Army Royal West Kent Regiment from:Kent My father, Ronald Hogben was captured by the Germans in France at a port where the Germans were waiting. He was marched to Poland and put in Stalag 344 in Czeladz in Poland. He escaped in 1944 and hid from the Germans with my mother's family, who were not too pleased about that.
He ended up getting back home to England.
My mother escaped also and they eventually moved to Australia.
He was emotionally damaged and was basically experimentally medicated for what was probably PTSD.
He had a small farm where he tended a beautiful vegetable garden and small orchard. Also farmed a few jersey cows for cream which he sold to the butter factory.
He never really spoke of his experience in the war.
He was a classic broken war veteran.
I can only appreciate what he must have suffered now.
I'm proud that he escaped.
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