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« on: Monday 26 November 18 03:12 GMT (UK) »
Hi Jeanne
Sorry this is a bit late in the piece, I don't check in very often and just noticed your post. Hope by now you have James' service record.
If you are interested, I have a couple of photos with James in them. He was in the same unit as my father, 4th RMT, and they would have been together in Egypt and on Crete.
You are right, he was one of the lucky ones - one of the photos mentioned is a group of eight taken at Alexandria. Four didn't come home, three were POW and one (my father) returned wounded.
I also have a small POW group photo taken at Stalag 8B Lamsdorf that was sent to my Dad by one of his RMT mates, also from Oamaru. Possibly he and James were in the same camp. I will scan and enlarge the photo and see if I can spot him.
Regards
Bob