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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, 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.
Walter Joseph Wood.
Prisoner of War Record:
Imprisonment: Stalag VII A GERMANY 🇩🇪