| Surname: | Stafford |
| Initials: | J |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 7688674 |
| Notes: | CMP. Enlisted in to CMP. Captured Middle East, Greece. 4/12/45 to discharge. Casualty List 532/9, Greece, Missing, 28/4/1941. Casualty List 616, POW previously reported missing on List 562. POW Stalag XVIIIA, Wolfberg, Austria. Casualty List 1844, reported as POW not now POW, previous list 616, Greece. 8/3/50 He was awarded the 1939 - 1945 Star, Africa Star, War Medal. Address:- 27 King Street, Glossop, Derbyshire. Joseph Stafford. Questionnaire for Ex-POW, MI9/Gen/MI5-X. 57735. 7688674, L/Cpl, Stafford, Joseph, CMP, 2 Armd Div Pro Coy, born 16/1/09, enlisted 2/7/40, occupation bleacher, address: 10 King Street, Glossop, England, captured Calamarta, Greece, 29/4/41, were you wounded when captured? No. Main POW Camps: Stalag XVIIIa, Wolfsburg, from 8/41 for 11 days, Stalag XVIIIc, Markt Pongau, 4 to 4/?. were you in a working camp? Yes, Zeltweg from 8/41 to 11/41, Joiner, Radenthein, from 11/41 to 9/42, road making, Klagenfurt from 9/42 to 6/44, unloading trucks, Gleichenbers, from 6/44 to 4/45, farming. Did you suffer serious illnesses while a PW ? Yes Heart, cause heavy lifting, twice 1943 and 1944. Did you receive adequate medical treatment ? Yes. Did you receive a lecture on how to behave in the event of capture ? Yes Greece, 4/41. Joseph Stafford. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 18A AUSTRIA 🇦🇹 |