Eveleigh, Harold

Private Harold Eveleigh

Family/Last name:
Eveleigh
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Harold
Place of birth:
Riverton, New Zealand
Date of birth:
13/9/1908
Nationality:
New Zealand
Service number:
37260
Military Unit:
New Zealand Army (2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force)
Rank when captured:
Private
Place of capture:
Crete
Date of capture:
1941
POW number:
25022
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's Report + WO416 records transcribed by and held at the UK National Archives. Data processed and prepared by Rick Catt and Brian Cooper)
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from Dot Webster

My father was private Harold Eveleigh from NZ captured in Crete. The number under a Stalag VIII stamp is 25022 I’m not sure what it means. He did say he escaped with a mate and stowed away on a Banana Boat. They were not caught. My father died in 1977 and he would never talk about his time as a prisoner.

He was reported missing in 9/7/41. The camp leader at Stalag VIIIB communicated he was a POW on the 27/8/42 POW number 25022. He was still a prisoner at Stalag 344 in 12/1/44. He was reported safe in the  UK on the 10/5/45.

 

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