Hines. G L
Corporal Gordon Leslie Hines
GORDON LESLIE HINES WAR RECORD
born 28 November 1918 in Doncaster
Called up for war time military service on16 October 1939 to Royal Engineers, army number 1184039*. Joined A Company, 1st Motor Depot (believed to be based in Tyneside)
Posted to Aldershot to join 50th Motor Division (later to become 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division), 235 Field Park Company as Driver on 13 Dec 39
Posted to France as part of British Expeditionary Force, 23 January 1940 part of British 2 Corps, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Evacuated from Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo on 1 June 1940, swimming out to waiting small boats.
Rejoined 235 Field Park Company on 29 June 1940,
Appointed Acting Lance Corporal 13 July 1940
In hospital 1st to 18th October 1940.
Attended 8th Corps Vehicle maintenance course 10 March 41 to31 March 41
Appointed Acting Corporal 15 April 41
Embarked for Egypt 21 May 41 as part of Middle East Forces
Disembarked Egypt 10 July 1941
Appointed Acting Sergeant 19 July 1941
Embarked 25 July 41 for Cyprus, disembarked 26 July 41
In hospital 2 Sept 41 to 30 September 41
Cyprus to Palestine Jan 42
Palestine to Syria 21 Jan 42
From Syria to Egypt 14 Feb 42
Libya, captured 28 May 42, posted as missing in Western Desert 30 May 42
Confirmed PoW on 30 May 42, in Italian hands
Held Italy, Campo PG 65 at Gravina near Bari (holding camp) then PG 53 near Sforzacosta on east coast
Transferred to Germany by train on 20 Aug 43 to Stalag IVB 50 km north of Dresden, Germany, for 3 weeks, PoW number 221441
Transferred to Stalag VIIIB (later called 344) in Lamsdorf, Poland (then Silesia) on 9 August 43
Transferred to Working Party E769, Heydebreck, Poland (IG Farben chemical plant, Blechammer south) on 23 Sep 44
Commenced ‘Long March’ from E769 on 22 Jan 45, through Poland, Czechoslovakia and south west Germany
Arrived at Stalag XIIID, Nuremburg on 28 March 45
Left Stalag XIIID on 2 April 45 marching south from Nuremburg
Liberated by Americans 25 April 45 at Beitenfeld
Car given by Americans on 27 April 45. Drove north through Wurzberg, Frankfurt and Coblenz to Aachen on Dutch/Belgian border.
Transferred to Antwerp and Brussels on 30 April 45
Boarded Lancaster bomber in Brussels and arrived in UK 2 May 45
12 July 45 posted to 2 Div Transport Unit
Posted to 1 Batt RAOC
UK service from 2 May 45 and release leave 26 Jan 46. Discharged 13 May 46
Into royal army reserves 14 May 46
MEDALS AND AWARDS
Africa Star Medal
Star Defence Medal
War Medal
*Editor’s Note: Correct service number is 1884039.
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