Kerr, R C

,

Rupert Collin Kerr

Family/Last name:
Kerr
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Rupert Collin
Nationality:
Australia
Service number:
NX5998
Military Unit:
Australian Army (2nd Australian Imperial Force), 2/4th Australian Infantry Battalion (2nd AIF)
POW number:
30369/202
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Working Party
E173 Setzdorf
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
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From: Kimberley Mackander
Sent: March 28, 2015
Subject: Rupert Collin Kerr

I am researching my grandfather’s war records. He was a POW at Lamsdorf, imprisoned in April 1942. His records state he was in Stalag VIIIB, POW number 30369/202. I found the top of a letter addressed to him at E173.

His army serial number is NX5998 and he served as part of the 2/4th Australian infantry battalion. His name was Rupert Collin Kerr. He was captured in Greece I think but I cannot find any details for where he was captured exactly and then how he got to Lamsdorf or what he did while at Lamsdorf. He survived the war but was not healthy. I remember my aunty telling me she saw my grandmother redressing wounds on his back and he died in 1956, never very healthy.

He was also part of the great march or long march etc. I would like to know where he marched and that may help clarify some details of his journey home for me. He never spoke of the war, and I would love to know my grandfather who I never got to meet a little more.

Below: Picture of the Anton Latzel lime quarry and kiln where working party E173 was located. This picture hangs in the office of the Mayor of the town formerly known as Setzdorf, now called Vápenná in the Czech Republic.

Anton Latzel Lime Quarry. E173 Setzdorf. POW Rupert Collin Kerr

Anton Latzel Lime Quarry. E173 Setzdorf. POW Rupert Collin Kerr

 

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