| Surname: | Alexander |
| Initials: | R |
| Rank: | WOII (CSM) |
| Army Number: | 2926417 |
| Notes: | CMP/RMP. Formerly Cameron Highlanders. Captured Greece. D & T E CMP Cairo, Unit War Diary WO 169/2552. 1/6/41 RSM Seward and Alexander and 47 other ranks notified missing in Greece. POW Stalag 383, Hohenfels, Rhineland Palatinate. Casualty List, 561, Missing, Crete, 2/6/41 Casualty List 643/6. 1941 POW previously reported on List 561 as missing, 2/6/1941 now POW. Casualty List 645/13, Crete, POW previously reported as missing., rank A/WOII. Casualty List 1845, previously reported POW not now POW, previous list 643 & 645, corrected by Crete. Medal card not found General Questionnaire for British ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 96117. 2926417, RSM, Alexander, Robert, captured with CREFORCE, Crete, CMP, born 16/1/09, enlisted 4/0/30, address: 16 Seafield, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, captured Spakia, Crete, 1/6/41. Where you wounded when captured ? No. Main POW camps held ? Camp 413, Stalag IIID, 20 km from Berlin from 26/8/41 to 2/2/42, Camp 520, Stalag IIID, 18 km from Berlin, from 2/2/42 to 5/10/42, Oflag VIIB, Eichstatt, from 7/10/42 to 17/7/43, Stalag 383, Hohenfels, from 18/7/43 to 17/4/45. Where you in a working camp ? Yes, Camp 413, Stalag IIID, 20 km from Berlin from 26/8/41 to 2/2/42 on railway construction. Camp 520, Stalag IIID, 18 km from Berlin, from 25/2/42 to 5/10/42, camp administration. Did you suffer from and serious illnesses whilst a POW ? Yes, Rehag Calcalus from 10/6/43 to 26/6/43. Did you receive adequate medical treatment ? Yes. 12/1952 WO II on RMP nominal roll. Robert Alexander |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 383 GERMANY 🇩🇪 |