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Stalag 398 Prisoner of War Camp
22nd Jul 1941 Parcels
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Want to know more about Stalag 398 Prisoner of War Camp? There are:67 items tagged Stalag 398 Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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WEJ Smith 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment WEJ Smith served with the 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Patrick F Deasy 56th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps Patrick F Deasy served with the 56th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. P. Plaxton East Yorkshire Regiment P. Plaxton served with the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was held as prisoner of war No. 154613 in Stalag 398.
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Pte. Bryon Harford Sexton 24th Battalion Bryon Sexton was wounded in the 1st of December 1941 near Sidi Rezegh where his brother John Sexton was killed on the 25th of November 1941.
Bryon became a POW and was on The Jason that left Benghazi on 8th of December 1941 with 2000 POWs. The boat was sunk by the submarine Porpoise. 500 drowned. Bryon was rescued and finished up at Campo PG85, later being taken to Stalag 344 and then Stalag 398.
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Michele Mastrolorenzo 32nd Regiment Michele Mastrolorenzo was born 1914 in Piedimonte D'Alife (Caserta) Italy. He was captured in Crete on the 10th of September 1943, interned Stalag 398 Pupping and was released on the 26th of August 1945.
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Gnr. John Thomas Arrowsmith Royal Artillery My Father, John Arrowsmith was captured at Tobruck defending the airstrip outside the perimeter. He claimed to have heard these words from Rommel's lips "Gentlemen for you ze war is over". He was handed over to the Italians who were running the campaign and was taken to a camp possibly near Milan where he stayed until the Italians capitulated. Given the option of walking out of the camp or staying he chose the latter. My father says that a man from our village, George Gail chose to walk and was interned in neutral Switzerland to the war end. My father claims he arrived home in our village before George having been interned in Stalag 398 at Pupping where he worked in a lumber camp and unlike in Italy was treated very well receiving red cross parcels etc which they never got in Italy. He was liberated by the Americans and flew home in the belly of a flying fortress. I asked my father if he had a pleasant time being allowed back at curfew what were the Frauleins like and he just smiled.
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Felice Cincidda Felice Cincidda was interned as a non-collaborationist captured by the Germans on the 8th of September 1943. He returned from prison in August 1945 having been held in Stalag 398.
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William John Turrell 1st Battalion Royal East Kent Regiment My uncle Bill - William John Turrell was born in 1919, Bromley Kent. I have been told he was with the royal east kent regiment (the buffs). Sadly, my uncle passed away in 1983. He never really spoke of the war days, but I guess, knowing what I know now, I can see why he never spoke about things.
I have just been given a photo of my uncle. I believe the photo was taken in a prison of war camp in september 1944 at Molln, I believe that this was in Pupping Austria, camp number Stalag 398. His POW number was 155006.
My uncle Bill is the big man in the centre of the back row, I don't know who the other men are but it would be nice to find out.
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WEJ Smith 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment WEJ Smith served with the 5th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Patrick F Deasy 56th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps Patrick F Deasy served with the 56th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. P. Plaxton East Yorkshire Regiment P. Plaxton served with the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was held as prisoner of war No. 154613 in Stalag 398.
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Pte. Bryon Harford Sexton 24th Battalion Bryon Sexton was wounded in the 1st of December 1941 near Sidi Rezegh where his brother John Sexton was killed on the 25th of November 1941.
Bryon became a POW and was on The Jason that left Benghazi on 8th of December 1941 with 2000 POWs. The boat was sunk by the submarine Porpoise. 500 drowned. Bryon was rescued and finished up at Campo PG85, later being taken to Stalag 344 and then Stalag 398.
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Michele Mastrolorenzo 32nd Regiment Michele Mastrolorenzo was born 1914 in Piedimonte D'Alife (Caserta) Italy. He was captured in Crete on the 10th of September 1943, interned Stalag 398 Pupping and was released on the 26th of August 1945.
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Gnr. John Thomas Arrowsmith Royal Artillery My Father, John Arrowsmith was captured at Tobruck defending the airstrip outside the perimeter. He claimed to have heard these words from Rommel's lips "Gentlemen for you ze war is over". He was handed over to the Italians who were running the campaign and was taken to a camp possibly near Milan where he stayed until the Italians capitulated. Given the option of walking out of the camp or staying he chose the latter. My father says that a man from our village, George Gail chose to walk and was interned in neutral Switzerland to the war end. My father claims he arrived home in our village before George having been interned in Stalag 398 at Pupping where he worked in a lumber camp and unlike in Italy was treated very well receiving red cross parcels etc which they never got in Italy. He was liberated by the Americans and flew home in the belly of a flying fortress. I asked my father if he had a pleasant time being allowed back at curfew what were the Frauleins like and he just smiled.
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Felice Cincidda Felice Cincidda was interned as a non-collaborationist captured by the Germans on the 8th of September 1943. He returned from prison in August 1945 having been held in Stalag 398.
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William John Turrell 1st Battalion Royal East Kent Regiment My uncle Bill - William John Turrell was born in 1919, Bromley Kent. I have been told he was with the royal east kent regiment (the buffs). Sadly, my uncle passed away in 1983. He never really spoke of the war days, but I guess, knowing what I know now, I can see why he never spoke about things.
I have just been given a photo of my uncle. I believe the photo was taken in a prison of war camp in september 1944 at Molln, I believe that this was in Pupping Austria, camp number Stalag 398. His POW number was 155006.
My uncle Bill is the big man in the centre of the back row, I don't know who the other men are but it would be nice to find out.
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