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Sergeant John Reid (Jack) Rowland

Family/Last name:
Rowland
Forename(s) and initial(s):
John Reid (Jack)
Nationality:
Zimbabwean (Rhodesian)
Service number:
1095793
Military Unit:
British Army, Royal Artillery, 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment (RA)
Rank when captured:
Sergeant
Place of capture:
Western Desert
Date of capture:
2/1942
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
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I have just been looking up information about the camp, as my uncle was a prisoner there (see the attached newspaper clipping from 1944). Sgt John (“Jack”) Reid Rowland came from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and was captured in the Western Desert in February 1942. He was serving in the 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment of the Royal Artillery.

I knew about him surviving the forced march, which badly affected his health for the rest of his days.

John Reid Rowland

Name: John Reid ROWLAND (Jack)
Nationality: Rhodesian (Zimbabwean)
Rank: Sergeant
Army Number: 1095793
Regiment: Royal Artillery, 102nd Anti-Tank Regiment
POW Number:  
Camp Type: Stalag
Camp Number: VIIIB
Camp Location: Lambinowice, Poland
Notes: Captured in Western Desert February 1942

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