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Surname:Wood
Initials:W J
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:7684465
Notes:CMP. POW. Enlisted in CMP.
Casualty List 901 Middle East, Missing, 28/6/1943.
Casualty List 966, Middle East, POW previously reported missing on List 901 as missing, 28/6/1942.
POW Italian POW Camp No. 82, Laterina, (nr Arezzo). Stalag VIIA, Moosburg and der Isar, Bavaria.
Casualty List 1439/22, Previous List 966, Middle East, POW previously reported Missing, rank should read L/Cpl. Casualty List 1836 not now POW, previous list 966, corrected by 1429), Middle East.
General Questionnaire for British POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 126848. 7684465, L/Cpl, Wood, Walter Joseph, 50 (Northumbrian) Div Pro Coy, CMP, born 11/9/15, enlisted 6/4/39, occupation Packer, address: 67 Constable Street, Hessle Road, Hull, Captured El Fuka, Egypt 29/6/42. Where you wounded when captured ? No. Main POW Camps: PG 82, Latrina, from 1/8/42 to 5/43. Stalag VIIA, Moosburg, 15/11/43 to 20/12/43. Were you in a Working Camp ? Yes, Rufina Nr Florence, from 6/43 to 11/9/43, farm work, Kommando 3785, Pasing, Munich from 30/122/42 to 30/4/45, roof tiling. Were you given a lecture on how to behave in the event of capture ? Yes by an Intelligence Officer in Dec 1940.
Medal card not found.
Walter Joseph Wood.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Stalag VII A GERMANY 🇩🇪