| Surname: | Donaldson |
| Initials: | A |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | 2693613 |
| Notes: | CMP. Formerly Scots Guards., transferred to CMP. Casualty List 286. reported as missing, 26/5/1940. Casualty List 317, BEF, France, previously reported on list 286 as missing now POW. POW Stalag 344, Lambinowice, Poland. Casualty List 1094, Corrections, List 286 as missing 13/6/1940, BEF, France, POW rank should read A/L/Cpl. Casualty List 1845, previously reported POW not now POW, previous list 317 (corrected by 1094) France. 31/10/45 discharged. General Questionnaire for British ex-POW. MI9/Gen/MIS-X. 81306. 2693613, L/Cpl, Donaldson, Alexander, 51 (Highand) Div Pro Coy, CMP, born 5/2/12, enlisted 4/8/39, occupation postman, address: 26 Springhead Road, Allanton, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland, captured 12/6/40, St Valery, France. Were you wounded when captured ? No. Main POW Camps: Schubin Stalag 21B, Poland from 7/40 to 9/41, 21A, Shilberg, Poland, from 9/41 to 12/42, Stalag 4B hospital, Nr Dresden, Germany from 10/42 to 8/43, Stalag 8B, Lager 344, Lamsdorf, Germany, from 8/43 to 3/45, Stalag 17A Kaisersteinbrudsge, Austria, from 3/45 evacuated 1/4/45, marched till released 4/5/45. Were you in a working camp ? Yes, Shildberg 21, from 10/41 to 4/6/43, labouring and farming. Did you suffer any serious illnesses whilst a PW ? Yes, broken leg, falling tree and suspected TB from 6/43 to 8/43. Did you receive adequate medical treatment ? Yes. Were you lectured in you unit on how to behave in the event of capture ? Yes, by Capt Gallie in England before proceeding abroad, also on notice board. Where you specially interrogated by the enemy ? No. War Crimes: Q form filled in at Ulm, Germany before interrogation officer. Have you taken part in any marches in or into Germany ? Yes, 1940, march from France after collapse, persons falling out were then unknown to me. 1945 march from East of Vienna to Brauanau am Inn, 250 km. Those who fell out were picked up by a French red cross wagon (accompanying). Names of men unknown. Alexander Donaldson. |
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| Imprisonment: | Stalag 344 POLAND 🇵🇱 |