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Middle East - Recovered Prisoners of War Rolls, 1939-45 War Robert Hugh Challen

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Service number WX104
Birth Date 1920-10-31
Rank Sergeant
Unit 2/3rd Field Regiment
Places
  • Camp Kokinia Hospital
  • Camp Piraeus Hospital
  • Crete
  • Perth, Western Australia
  • Stalag 344
  • Stalag VIII-B
  • Stalag XI-B
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Fate Date 14 May 1945
Place of Association Perth, Western Australia
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  • Second World War, 1939-1945

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  • 2/3rd Field Regiment

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  • Camp Kokinia Hospital
  • Camp Piraeus Hospital
  • Crete
  • Perth, Western Australia
  • Stalag 344
  • Stalag VIII-B
  • Stalag XI-B

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