Prisoner of War Questionnaires

The following information has been taken from questionnaires completed by liberated Prisoners of War. The collection is held by the National Archives, catalogue reference WO 344, and it can be viewed on the Ancestry website, https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62114/

3970893 Gunner Arthur Alfred Adams.

        Unit: 72nd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA.

        Captured: 7th December 1942, Tunisia.

        Camps: P.G. 66 (11th December 1943 to March 1943), P.G. 59 (March 1943 to June 1943), Stalag VIIIB (2nd January to April 1944).

        Work Camps: 146 (Italy, Farm work, June to September 1943), 587 (Germany, Coalmine, June 1944 to 19th January 1945).

        Illnesses: Rheumatic fever. Cause: Italy & VIIIB. Duration: 20th November 1943 to February 1944. Did you receive adequate medical treatment? Yes.

        Escapes: After collapse of Italy. Free 3 months with several friends. Others got to Switzerland. I was sick & was recaptured.