Craven, J

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John Craven

Family/Last name:
Craven
Forename(s) and initial(s):
John
Military Unit:
British Army, 8th King's Own Royal Irish Hussars
Place of capture:
Bir Al Hakim, Libya
Date of capture:
5/1942
Camp
PG 53 Sforzacosta, Macerata, Stalag VIIA Moosburg, Stalag XVIIA Kaisersteinbruch
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Information provided by Dora Nash:

Surname Craven
Forename : John
Army
Captured Libya
My father, John Craven, of Preston in Lancashire and of the 8th Kings Own Royal Irish Hussars (RTC) was captured at Bir Al Hakim in Libya in May 1942, was at Camp 53 Sforzacosta from August 1942 until Sept 1943. He was sent to Moosburg and then Kaisersteinbruch and then to a small hut by Offensee, planting trees until liberation.

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