ABRAHAMS, Arthur Thomas

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Rank: 
Private
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service: 
Army
Number: 
5949273
P.O.W. number: 
95978
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag IV-B (4B), Mühlberg, Germany
Stalag IV-A (4A), Hohnstein, Germany
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Born: 
Saturday, November 2, 1918
Birthplace: 
Suffolk
Arthur Abrahams enlisted 21 August 1939, civilian occupation - Rubber Moulder. Private Abrahams was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations at Crete, later found to have been captured by the enemy the previous day.
Prison Camps
August 1941 - October 1941 Stalag IVB.
October 1941 - May 1942 Stalag IVA.
May 1942 - 1 May 1945 Stalag VIIIB.
 
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/11 (Stalag 8B)..
German Record Cards of British PoWs / National Archives file WO416/1/213 (Stalag 4B).
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/1/1.
 
Additional content: 
'Rearguard action on Crete'
Archive pages : 
No 7 Commando
Layforce
Prisoners of War

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