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246257 Capt. William John Mallett British Army 1st F.O.U. (Airborne) Royal Artillery from:Billericay Captain William Mallett was captured on the morning of the 26th of September 1944 on the northern bank of the Rhine after evacuation of Airborne troops from the Oosterbeek perimeter had ceased. He was attached to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron but became separated from them soon after landing by parachute on the 17th September and subsequently made his own way towards the bridge, most likely with the 2nd Battalion. After being paraded through the streets of Arnhem with other captured soldiers he was loaded, with them, on to cattle trucks and eventually arrived at Oflag 79 via Oflag XllA (Limburg) and Oflag XllB (Hadomar), on the 20th of October 1944. They were liberated by the Americans on 23rd of April 1945. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.