212849 Sepoy Mian Muhammed Indian Army 3rd Battalion. 7th Rajput Regiment from:Campbellpore, India (d.16th Jun 1943) I grew up in the town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal, where Stalag IV A was situated. During the years of Communist rule it was generally known that a POW Camp had existed during WWII, but nothing special. During my schooltime, we once made a trip to the Cemetery. An employee told us about POW´s being buried there and, occasionally, also mentioned the Camp. He spoke about Russians, Poles, Italians and, most interesting for me (it was 1991, only two years after the political turnaround in Eastern Germany) about "an Indian". He added that this was understandable "in connection with the English". He didn't know much more. Some 25 years later the Commonwealth War Graves Commission erected a Tombstone there with Name, Unit etc. My Question: Does anybody know about the fate of Sepoy Mian Muhammed of Campbellpore, Pakistan, 3rd Battalion , 7th Rajput Regiment?
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