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- cambslibs
- People in story:听
- Jack Hancock b.1912
- Location of story:听
- Greece, Austria and Italy
- Background to story:听
- Army
- Article ID:听
- A2907371
- Contributed on:听
- 10 August 2004
I was born in 1912, one of 10 children. My father left when I was one year old. I was married in 1936 and am still happily married today.
During my army service I was captured in Greece in 1941. I was transferred to Stalag 18A in the Wolfburg main camp in Austria. During my time in captivity I worked on the airstrip at Zelwig, building at the main camp at Wolfburg and at a milk and dairy factory in Klagenfurt.
The military hospital at Graz carried out an eye operation - I lost the sight of one eye - and then I went to work on a farm in Austria. I was there when peace was declared.
I left the camp with a friend, having commandeered a motorcycle! I acted as an interpreter for four weeks, and then returned, via Naples, to Ford in Sussex on June 22 1945.
Added N. Simmons 10.8.04.
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