| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2020.22.222 |
| Collection number | 3DRL/3257 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | Wallet |
| Item count | 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Physical description | 2 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
German Army |
| Place made | Poland: Kattowitz |
| Date made | 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Source credit to | This item has been digitised with funding provided by Commonwealth Government. |
Wallet 1 of 1 - Court martial charge against William Ernest Bennett, 1943
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX1649 Private William Ernest Bennett, 2/11 Infantry Battalion, Poland, 1943.
Wallet 1 of 1 - Typescript copy in English translation of the Statement of Charge against William Ernest Bennett, POW number 24890, Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf, 1943. The charge is that that Bennett, while working in an Army Supplies Depot bakery, stole a loaf of bread and gave it to a Soviet Prisoner of War. The verso has handwritten notes of unknown provenance.
Bennett was sentenced to six weeks in solitary confinement.