Date of Enlistment: November 1939 Army Number: VX7622 Rank: Lieutenant Name: James McCAFFREY Unit: 2/6th Battalion, 6th Division, Australian Imperial Forces Date of Birth: 7 May 1913 Place of Birth: Victoria, Australia Date of Capture: 1 June 1941 Place of Capture: Crete POW Number: 3523 POW Camps: Oflag XC, Oflag VIB, Oflag VIIB
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17134790 Reference: WO 416/231/406 Name: James McCaffrey. Date of Birth: 01/05/1913. Place of Birth: Victoria, Australia. Service: Australian Imperial Forces. Rank: Lieutenant. Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [2/6 Infantry Battalion]. Service Number: VX7622. Date of Capture: [unspecified]. Theatre of Capture: [unspecified]. Camp Name/Number: Oflag XC Lubeck. PoW number: 3523. Date of Death: [unspecified]. Number of Photographs: 0. Number of Fingerprints: 0. Number of X-rays: 0. Number of Cards: 1.
PART I. GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR. 1. No. VX7622 RANK - LIEUTENANT SURNAME - McCAFFREY CHRISTIAN NAMES - JAMES DECORATIONS - 2. UNIT (ARMY) - 2/6th Bn. 6th DIV. AUST. IMPERIAL FORCES 3. DIVISION (ARMY) - 6th DIV. 4. DATE OF BIRTH - 7th MAY 1913 5. DATE OF ENLISTMENT - NOV. 1939 6. CIVILIAN TRADE OR PROFESSION - CATERER 7. PRIVATE ADDRESS - 11 FITZROY ST., ST. KILDA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA 8. PLACE AND DATE OF ORIGINAL CAPTURE - CRETE, 1st JUNE 1941 9. WERE YOU WOUNDED WHEN CAPTURED? - NO 10. MAIN CAMPS OR HOSPITALS IN WHICH IMPRISONED Camp No. / Location / From / Till TRANSIT CAMP SALONIKA Mid JUNE - Mid JULY 1941 OFLAG XC LUBECK Late JULY - 9th OCT. 1941 OFLAG VIB WARBURG 10th OCT 41 - 9th SEPT 1942 OFLAG VIIB EICHSTATT 10 SEPT 42 - 27th MARCH 1945 OFLAG ZWEIGLAGER STEINBURG 29th MARCH - 21st APRIL 45 11. WERE YOU IN A WORKING CAMP? Location / From/ Till / Nature of Work - 12. DID YOU SUFFER FROM ANY SERIOUS ILLNESSES WHILE A P/W? Nature of Illness / Cause / Duration - 12 b. DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT? YES (BRITISH) GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE PART II TOP SECRET 1. No. VX7622 RANK - LIEUT. SURNAME - McCAFFREY CHRISTIAN NAMES - JAMES 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 you 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?) At WARBURG in June, with Lt. ?????? worked on tunnel which was not successful. At EICHSTATT in May 44 with Lt. ?H CLEAVER, J.C. ANDREW, R.W. ???SON, prepared to escape in Ration Truck but suitable conditions were not forthcoming to make attempt possible 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). - 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? The conditions and attitude of Germans at Transit Camp, Salonica, the shooting of 5 British soldiers one night. The details I am not sure of. (see later if necessary). 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 3rd May 1945 Signature J McCaffrey
See also: 38457 Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Maurice Carstairs JONES-MORTIMER, 2 Welsh Guards: POW James McCaffrey Lieutenant James McCaffrey
