Work Camp 11041/GW
Work Camp 11041/GW |
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Location: Groppenstein
Type of work: Road construction
Man of Confidence: Unknown
Number of Men: 70 approx.
Forename |
Surname |
Rank |
Unit |
POW |
Comments |
| Hugh K. | Anderson | Pte | 2/1 Inf. Bn. | 3965 | NSW, Australia |
| Luther | Armitage | Dvr | RASC | 3130 | |
| Alfred | Atkinson | Pte | 4159 | New Zealand | |
| Henry Francis (Snowy) | Ballard | Gnr | 2/2 Fld. Rgt. | 3702 | Australia |
| Ediss John | Bascombe | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 68 | Australia; also 980/GW |
| Norman David | Beattie | Gnr | 2/1 M.G. Bn. | 1454 | Brisbane, Australia |
| Bob | Behan | Pte | 2/2 Inf. Bn. | 3790 | Australia |
| Arthur G. | Bell | Pte | H.Q. 6 Div. AASC | 3796 | Australia |
| George Albert | Bennett | Pte | 2/7 Inf. Bn. | 3398 | Australia |
| Jim | Bennett | ||||
| Eric | Black | Pte | 6 Div. AASC | 220 | Australia; shot 8.11.43 (after escape) |
| Ken A. | Blakey | Pte | 21 Bn. | 4140 | New Zealand (beaten by guard) |
| Albert Tony | Bowden | Spr | RE | 398 | Castleford, UK |
| N.L. (Nick) | Brady | Pte | 19 Bn. | 478 | New Zealand; also 11086/GW, 10084/GW |
| R.J. (Bob) | Buchan | Pte | 2/1 Inf. Bn. | 3329 | Australia; also 10084/GW, 47/GW |
| Jack | Byard | Gnr | 2/1 Fd. Rg. | 3389 | Australia; also 10487/GW |
| Ken D. | Cameron | Pte | 2/2 Inf. Bn. | 3838 | Australia |
| Don | Christie | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 3670 | Australia; also 10084/GW |
| Fred | Cowley | Pte | H.Q. Gd. Bn. 6 Div. | 3725 | Australia |
| E. | Cox | Nottingham | |||
| Frank | Cox | 3332 | Victoria, Australia; repat'd 1944 | ||
| E.J. (Jack) | Dixon | Pte | 2/48 Inf. Bn. | 3557 | Australia; also 10084/GW |
| W.H. (Wally) | Dominey | Dvr | RASC | 3406 | |
| Laurie | Dunn | ||||
| F.N. | Etchells | Gnr | RA | 2432 | |
| P.W. | Evans | Sgmn | R Sigs | 2699 | Canterbury, UK |
| F.C. (Butch) | George | Pte | 6 Div. AASC | 1439 | Australia |
| Percy | Green | St/Sgt | 22 Bn. | 4148 | New Zealand; wounded Crete; repat'd 1944; also 11086/GW, 10084/GW |
| Bernie J. | Groom | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 3728 | Australia; also 10084/GW |
| Ernie | Gunter | ||||
| William George | Hair | Cpl | RASC | 7255 | Leytonstone |
| Les T. | Halliwell | Dvr | RASC | 3239 | |
| Dave | Hamilton | Gnr | 4197 | New Zealand | |
| W.J. (Bill) | Hannan | 7232 | also 10084/GW | ||
| Alf | Hansen | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 3727 | Australia |
| A.W. (Snowy) | Hellyer | Pte | 2/5 Inf. Bn. | 3840 | Australia |
| Noel Vincent | Hemmingson | Pte | 4226 | New Zealand | |
| Harold E. | Heslop | Pte | 2/8 Inf. Bn. | 1506 | Australia |
| Snowy | Humphries | ||||
| B.G. (Yorkie) | Hutchings | Pte | RASC | 7279 | also 10084/GW |
| H.F. | Hyde | Dvr | RASC | 3259 | |
| Ray | Irwin | Pte | 7269 | New Zealand | |
| Reg | Kett | L/Cpl | H.Q. 6 Div AASC | 3848 | Australia |
| Ben | Large | ||||
| John Wilfrid | Leonard | Pte | DLI | 586 | Blyth, Northumberland |
| Sam | Lightfoot | ||||
| Alf | Littlejohn | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 3767 | Australia; also 10084/GW |
| Robert | Loseby | Rfmn | KRRC | 3182 | Liverpool |
| James A. | Nash | Dvr | RASC | 3255 | |
| Snowy | Nielsen | ||||
| Steve | Oliver | ||||
| Rod H. | Page | Pte | 2/48 Inf. Bn. | 3312 | Australia |
| E.J. | Plato | Pte | 4171 | New Zealand | |
| Peter | Puohotaua | T/L/Cpl | 4149 | New Zealand | |
| ? | Rawlinson | ||||
| F.W. | Rodgers | Spr | RE | 2915 | |
| Maurice | Sheerin | also 10084/GW | |||
| Baldy | Sheppard | ||||
| John | Shergold | ||||
| George | Snell | ||||
| John Charles Edward | Spence | Pte | 2/4 Inf. Bn. | 3830 | Australia |
| William Henry | Sutton | Dvr | RASC | 2102 | Feltham, Middlesex, UK; also 10134/GW |
| John Henry | Thacker | Tpr | Div. Cav. | 4245 | New Zealand |
| Charlie | Thollar | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 3503 | Australia; also 10084/GW |
| W. (Bill) | Thomson | New Zealand | |||
| ? | Walker | New Zealand | |||
| H. | Walmsley | Pte | 2/2 Inf. Bn. | 3280 | Australia |
| ? | Watkins | ||||
| Joe | Wishart | Pte | 2/6 Inf. Bn. | 5935 | Australia; also 955/GW |
| F.J. | Woods | Great Yarmouth, UK | |||
| Bob (D.McL?) | Yeats | L/Cpl | RE | 1739 | also 11086/GW |
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| William Hair |
In the summer of 1942, Pte Ken Blakey of New Zealand took part in an escape from Groppenstein but was quickly recaptured. On his return to the Work Camp, he was locked in a coal cellar for two days and then threatened with a pistol by the Camp Commandant. He was then beaten about the head by a guard until unconscious. Once he recovered, he was returned to the camp where his condition was witnessed by Pte Norman Beattie of Australia. The documents below are the testimony of Pte Beattie, given after the war as part of a War Crimes investigation.
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Thanks to Lance Green, Liz Crossley, Laurie Cox, Robyn Ranginui, David Kingsland, Greg Armitage, Denise Lynn-Nicholson and Ian Dobson for the information.
