Hayes, H E H

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Platoon Sergeant Major Herbert Edgar Hymer Hayes

Family/Last name:
Hayes
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Herbert Edgar Hymer
Nationality:
British
Service number:
4440372
Military Unit:
British Army, Durham Light Infantry, 6th Battalion (Durham Light Infantry)
Rank when captured:
Platoon Sergeant Major
Place of capture:
Battle of Mersa Matruh, North Africa
Date of capture:
27/6/1942
POW number:
229132
Camp
PG 75 Torre Tresca, Stalag IVB Mühlberg (Elbe)
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
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Information provided by Ben Reeve-Lewis:

I’m in the process of tracing my Grandad’s war records who was in Camp number 75 Torre Tresca, Bari Italy.

Platoon Sergeant Major Herbert Edgar Hymer Hayes 4440372
6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, British Army

Taken prisoner 27th June 1942 Battle of Mersa Matruh, North Africa. Later moved from Italy to Stalag IVB near the Elbe. Photo attached looks like it was taken at capture.

 

H E H Hayes, Registration Photo Stalag IVB

H E H Hayes, Registration Photo Stalag IVB

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