Cooke, K H

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Gunner Kenneth Herbert Cooke

Family/Last name:
Cooke
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Kenneth Herbert
Place of birth:
Painswick, England
Date of birth:
9/11/1918
Service number:
950420
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Artillery, 4th (Durham) Survey Regiment
Rank when captured:
Gunner
Place of capture:
Tobruk
Date of capture:
26/6/1942
POW number:
39857
Camp
PG 73 Fossoli di Carpi, Stalag XVIIIC Markt Pongau, Stalag XVIIIA ​Wolfsberg
Medical Facility
Ospedale Militare Caserta, Ospedale PG 206 Nocera Inferiore, Ospedale PG 203 Castel San Pietro, Bologna
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative's report)
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Information provided by John Cooke:

My father was a POW in Italy during WW2 his details are as follows:
Camp: 206 Military Hospital Nocera postal mark No 3400
Name: Kenneth Herbert Cooke.   Army No 950420
British Army, Royal Artillery.

Captured 26-06-42 Tobruk, POW No 39857

He was a gunner in the 4th survey regiment. He was a member of No 2 composite battery which was captured complete at Tobruk. Transferred to Wolfsberg Austria after the Italian armistice.
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15-11-1939 Enlisted in the Royal Artillery posted to the 41st survey (training) regiment Preston barracks Brighton
14-10-40 Posted to the 4th survey regiment Larkhill Wilts
14-11-40 Left for Middle East from Liverpool aboard the SS Reina Del Pacifico
09-12-40 Arrived Durban South Africa
29-12-40 Arrived Port Tewfic (suez) transferred to camp at Beni Yusef
March 1941 left for Greece
24th April 1941 Evacuated to Crete
1st May 1941 evacuated to Alexandria to Tahag camp then to the western desert ending up in Tobruk as composite battery No2 comprising of X survey troop,B Flash spotting troop, & S Sound ranging troop under the command of Major G.D. H. Flowerdew
20-06-42 Captured by German forces POW Italy & Germany
21-02-43 Camp 152 PM3
03-03-43 Ospedale Militare Caserta, Napoli
06-05-43 PG206 Nocera
21-06-43 Ospedale Militare 203
29-07-43 PG73 PM
06-11-43 Stalag XVIIIC
25-04-44 Stalag XVIIIA

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