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Albert Reas

Family/Last name:
Reas
Forename(s) and initial(s):
Albert
Service:
British Army
Military Unit:
British Army, Paratroop Regiment, 2nd Battalion (Paras)
Place of capture:
Sicily
Camp
Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf / Stalag 344
Data sources
Other Sources (Relative's report)
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My Father, Albert Reas (Bert or Lofty) was a paratrooper (2nd Bat) captured in Sicily. He was a POW at Stalag VIIIB. He escaped with two other soldiers. A Canadian and an Australian and three Czech women. They worked in the papermill at Lamsdorf from where they escaped. After a long and dangerous journey they finally made it to Odessa where the men boarded a hospital ship bound for the U.K. Unfortunately the women were not allowed on board. My father, who is still alive would desperately like to know what happened to these people. Sadly he remembers nothing. No names or rank etc. Does this story ring any bells with anyone. Please contact me.

Paul Reas

 

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