T/183253 Driver Eric George BROWN, RASC, 1st Guards Brigade: POW

Army Number: T/183253
Date of Enlistment: 4 Jun 1940
Rank: Driver
Name: Eric George BROWN
Unit: Royal Army Service Corps, 1st Guards Brigade

Date of Birth: 5 May 1916
Place of Birth: Chelmsford

POW Number: 228690
Date of Capture: 20 Jun 1942
Place of Capture: Tobruk

 

Name: Eric George Brown . Date of Birth: 5 May 1916 . Place of Birth: Chelmsford .... | The National Archives
Reference: WO 416/48/469
Name: Eric George Brown.
Date of Birth: 5 May 1916.
Place of Birth: Chelmsford.
Service: British Army.
Rank: [Driver].
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [Royal Army Service Corps].
Service Number: [T/183253].
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: Stalag IVB Muhlberg.
PoW number: 228690.
Date of Death: [unspecified].
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 1.
Date: [1939-1945]

 

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PART I.
GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.

1. No. T/183253
RANK - DRIVER
SURNAME - BROWN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - ERIC GEORGE
DECORATIONS -

2. UNIT (ARMY) - R.A.S.C. attd 1st Guards Bde

3. DIVISION (ARMY) - First Armoured

4. DATE OF BIRTH - 5/5/1916

5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - 4/6/1940

6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - FIRE SERVICE

7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 117 WOODLAND DRIVE, WATFORD, HERTS.

8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - TOBRUK 20/6/1942

9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO

10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED
Camp No. / Location / From / Till
ITALY [CAMPO PG] 66 CAPUA 2/2/1943 - 1/9/43
GERMANY [STALAG] IVB & WORKING CAMPS -
B.E. 6. 30/09/43 - 13/4/45


11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work
BITTERFELD 30/9/43 - 13/4/45 COAL


12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W?
Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration
HEAD INJURIES GERMANS FOUR MONTHS
12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT?
NO



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET

1. No. T/183253
RANK - DVR
SURNAME - BROWN
CHRISTIAN NAMES - ERIC GEORGE


2. LECTURES before Capture:
( a ) Were you lectured in your unit on how to behave the event of capture? (State where, when and by whom).
No
( b ) Were you lectured on escape and evasion? (State where, when and by whom.
No

3. INTERROGATION after capture:
Were you specially interrogated by the enemy? (State where, when and methods employed by enemy).
No

4. ESCAPES attempted:
Did yo make any attempted or partly successful escapes? (Give details of each attempt accurately, stating where, when, method employed, names of your companions, wherein when recaptured and by whom. Were you physically fit? What happened to your companions?)
One in Italy, caught fifty miles from camp.
Germany, one, got through to U.S.A. lines after ten days at Wirtson [? WURZEN] on the Mulde


5. SABOTAGE
Did you do any sabotage or destruction of enemy factory plant, war material, communications, etc, when employed on working-parties or during escape? (Give details, places and dates.)
No

6. COLLABORATION with enemy:
Do you know of any British or American personnel who collaborated with the enemy or in any way helped the enemy agains other Allied Prisoners of War? (Give details, names of persons concerned, camps, dates and nature of collaboration or help given to enemy).
No

7. WAR CRIMES
If you have any information or evidence of bad treatment by the enemy to yourself or to others, or knowledge of any enemy violation of Geneva Convention you should ask for a copy of "Form Q" on which to make your statement.
(NOTE: Form Q is a separate form inviting information on "War Crimes" and describes the kind of offences coning under this title.)



GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET
(continued)

8. Have you any other matter of any kind you wish to bring to notice?
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SECURITY UNDERTAKING
I fully realise that all information relating the matters covered by the questions in Part II. are of a highly secret and official nature.

I have had explained to me and fully understand that under Defence Regulations or U.S.A.R. 380-5 I am forbidden to publish or communicate any information concerning these matters.

Date 9/5/1945
Signature E. G. Brown