Olsen, S T
Sergeant Sidney T Olsen
Family/Last name:
Olsen Forename(s) and initial(s):
Sidney TNationality:
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Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
DieppeDate of capture:
1942Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's Report)From: Suzanne Olsen
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Could you add Sgt Sidney T Olsen of the First Army Tank Brigade, Royal
Canadian Signal Corps to the list of POWs in Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf Germany.
He was there for a year and a half after being captured at Dieppe in 1942.
He was sent from there to the coal mines in Poland. He then went to Stargard
where they sabotaged trains and broke machinery and never gave up fighting.
In 1945 he was marched 575 miles to Kirchtunki.
He was freed by the Irish guard and 51st highland Division.
Suggest an improvement to this record