Work Camp 1107 L
Work Camp 1107 L |
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Location: Donnersbach
Type of work: labouring
Man of Confidence: Sgt J Luke, Northumberland Hussars
Number of Men: approx. 30
Forename |
Surname |
Rank |
Unit |
POW |
Comments |
| G.A. | Beale | Dvr | RE | 5708 | |
| Danny | Behrman | Dvr | RASC | 7383 | London; also 10760/L |
| B.J. | Berry | Spr | RE | 5070 | |
| Bowden | |||||
| Reginald J (Peter) | Briggs | Dvr | RASC | 2572 | possible |
| A | Cappleman | Gnr | RA | 5869 | |
| A.H. | Dobson | Dvr | RE | 5690 | |
| Jim | Gaskell | Gnr | RA | 5582 | transf'd to Stalag 383 |
| W.P. | Greatrex | Spr | RE | 5766 | |
| Hanson | |||||
| F | Holden | Spr | RE | 5633 | |
| Hughes | |||||
| David Llewellyn | James | Sgt | RASC | 2865 | |
| Thomas Dudley | Jones | Gnr | RA | 5205 | Carmarthen, Wales; also 11022/GW |
| P | Kellet | Gnr | RA | 5907 | |
| L.C. | Lawler | Gnr | RA | 5920 | |
| Jimmy | Luke | Sgt | RA | 5910 | MOC; Transf'd to Stalag 383 |
| Harry Thomas | Maher | Pte | 2/2 Inf. Bn. | 3825 | Australia |
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| McIntyre | |||||
| Dennis | Miller | Gnr? | RA? | 5925? | |
| O.R. | Morgan | Pte | 5888 | New Zealand | |
| Morris | |||||
| Ken | O'Kennedy | Sgmn | R Sigs | 5033 | Theatre at 18A |
| W. (Bill) | Pullan | Dvr | RASC | 7579 | |
| C.A. | Remnant | L/Bdr | 5874 | New Zealand | |
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| Cyril | Sales | Dvr | RASC | 2452 | |
| Thorne | |||||
| Peter | Trodden | Gnr | RA | 5794 | also 47/GW |
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| J | Wilmot | Spr | RE | 5774 |
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| Peter Trodden group | ||
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| Danny Behrman | T.D. Jones | David James |
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| David James on left | Pete Trodden on right | |
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| Guard with dog |
"The "Donnersbach" (translation "Thunder stream) was a mountain stream no more than 4 metres wide which ran from Donnersbachwald past the camp and down hill about 8 km. to the village of Donnersbach. The 'L' after 1107 meant that the camp was designated as "Landwirtschaft", or work devoted to the land, farms etc. Well, it wasn't. Wintertime it was gangs of three men, one holding a long drill and the other two belting it with hammers. When the hole was deep enough a local comes over, stuffs it with dynamite and blasts a load of rock to pieces. Summer - pick up the pieces and resurface the road. I never saw a car on it in two years. Camps for this sort of work normally had the GW suffix after their number."
Ken O'Kennedy
