William Andrew (Billy) Riches

Family/Last name:
Riches
Forename(s) and initial(s):
William Andrew (Billy)
Nationality:
Place of capture:
Crete
Date of capture:
1/6/1941
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Wanda Haines 12:14 AM on July 08, 2009 

I am trying to visit Stalag VIIIB in November ,hoping this is the right POW camp for New Zealanders.

My father was captured on Crete was a POW in Stalag VIIIB from 1941 to 1945 going by memory.

Am I at the right site, Lamsdorf in Poland?

His name was William (Billy) Andrew Riches  from Christchurch New Zealand, he was at the time a driver.  

 

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