Dewhurst, A H

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Captain Alfred Harvey Dewhurst

Family/Last name:
Dewhurst
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Alfred Harvey
Date of birth:
17/3/1904
Nationality:
British
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Army Service Corps
Rank when captured:
Captain
Place of capture:
North Africa
Date of capture:
3/1942
Camp
PG 35 Padula, Oflag XIIB Mainz
Data sources
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Information provided by David H Dewhurst:

My grandfather Captain Alfred Harvey Dewhurst was a pow in Italy, details as follows:

Pow camp: Campo 35 PM 3400, Italy ( found these details on back of a picture)
Surname: DEWHURST
Forename(s): ALFRED HARVEY
Nationality: BRITISH
Service: ARMY
Regiment: Supply Corps, not sure which regiment
When Captured: MARCH 1942
Where captured: NORTH AFRICA, by ROMMEL’s MEN, WHEN ROMMEL’s TANKS CUT OFF AND CAPTURED SEVERAL THOUSAND OF BRITISH ARMY

Pow from March 1942 until end of war. Initially in Italy, then transferred to Germany, OFLAG XIIB

Born 17/3/1904
Joined reserves before start of WW II

 

 

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