Feltham, Richard John
Captain doctor Richard John (Dick) Feltham
Family/Last name:
FelthamForename(s) and initial(s):
Richard John (Dick)Place of birth:
OhakuneDate of birth:
5/7/1914Nationality:
Service number:
42671Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
Ruweisat RidgeDate of capture:
15/7/1942POW number:
31693Medical Facility
Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (WO416 records transcribed by and held at the UK National Archives. Data processed and prepared by Rick Catt and Brian Cooper)
Family Name = FELTHAM
Forename = RICHARD (Dick)
Nationality = New Zealander
Date of Birth – 5th July, 1914
Place of Birth – Ohakune, New Zealand
Service No. – 42671
Military Unit – 20th Battalion
POW No. – 31693
POW camps: Castel San Pietro (Italy); Oflag IX/AZ Rotenburg an der Fulda (Germany) ; Stalag XXA Thorn (now Toruń, Poland)
Forename = RICHARD (Dick)
Nationality = New Zealander
Date of Birth – 5th July, 1914
Place of Birth – Ohakune, New Zealand
Service No. – 42671
Military Unit – 20th Battalion
POW No. – 31693
POW camps: Castel San Pietro (Italy); Oflag IX/AZ Rotenburg an der Fulda (Germany) ; Stalag XXA Thorn (now Toruń, Poland)
Working Party – no ; doctor, so was not required to work.
Medical Facility –
Rank when Captured – Captain; made Major sometime later
Place of Capture- Ruweisat Ridge
Date of Capture – 15 July, 1942
Medical Facility –
Rank when Captured – Captain; made Major sometime later
Place of Capture- Ruweisat Ridge
Date of Capture – 15 July, 1942
He wasn’t part of the long march westwards, but was one of the escapees at the end of the war who spent 10-days in a cattle truck to Odessa, and from there on to a ship to England.
His diary was published as part of a book called “Healers in World War II – Oral histories of Medical Corps Personnel” by Patricia Sewell (ISBN 0-7864-0933-9)
And attached is also a picture of Dad when taken by the Germans, and a photo taken in Torun fort XXA with the other POWs.
Jenny Setchell – daughter.
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