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

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  1. dbf

    dbf Member

    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
     
    Last edited: Oct 30, 2023
  2. dbf

    dbf Member

    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]
     
    Last edited: Oct 30, 2023
  3. dbf

    dbf Member

    View Record via Ancestry

    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
    Screenshot 2023-10-30 at 10.48.49.png

    11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP?
    Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work

    BITTERFELD 30/9/43 - 13/4/45 COAL
    Screenshot 2023-10-30 at 10.48.53.png

    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
    Screenshot 2023-10-30 at 10.48.57.png


    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
    Screenshot 2023-10-30 at 10.53.38.png

    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?

    -


    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
     
    Last edited: Oct 30, 2023

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