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249471 Sgt. James Strauss "Nobby" Clark MM. South African Army 3rd Battalion Transvaal Scottish Regiment from:Pretoria, South Africa My grandfather-in-law, Sergeant James Clark, served with the 3 Transvaal Scottish, 5th South African Inf. 1st S.A. Brigade. He survived the Lamsdorf death march and after been struck in the back with a rifle butt, he was rendered paralysed for a time. Were it not for his two NZ friends known only as George and Ronnie, who carried him on the death march, he would have been shot by Nazi soldiers. We are desperate to find out who these men were. He was captured in Tobruk, Libya on 23rd of November 1941, he got moved from camp to camp, and escaped 7 times. Here are some of the confirmed POW camps and dates: CC no. 66 PM 3400 - 14th Feb 1942 CC no. 52 PM 3100 - 4th Apr 1942 Stalag VIIIB - 29th Sep1943 Stalag 344 - 12th Oct 1944 Stalag XIIIC - 2nd Mar 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.