Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Pte. Richard Shreeve

Australian Army 2/11st Infantry Btn

My grandfather Richard Shreeve was a private in the Australian Army in the 2/11 battalion. He was on Crete and was wounded in the arm but left the hospital to continue fighting up north where he was captured and became a POW. He spent many years in Stalag XIIIC in Germnay.

In 1945 they marched from Stettonlenlan on 1st April 1945. He escaped from Hofheim on 3rd April and reached Bad-Neustradelals on 8th April 1945, Bad Kissengen on 9th April, Manneheim on 10th, Paris on 11th April, Le Havre on 13th April and then went to St Andrews School in Sussex, England. He made a compass out of his toothpaste/brush holder.



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