Alan James Anthony BARROW

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BARROW, Alan James Anthony

Service Number:	NX11318
Enlisted:	27 March 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 15 July 1918
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

27 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX11318, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
7 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX11318, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

Alan Barrow

Alan served in Palestine and Egypt before being sent to the Greece campaign 1940.
He was captured when 5000 or so allied soldiers were left trapped at the Battle of Kalamata.

Most of the allied forces were evacuated to Crete however as the Germans advanced a large number failed to be evacuated as the Germans had air support and naval ships had to leave the troops at Kalamata before daylight on 28 April 1941.

From there Alan was sent to Stalag 18a Wolfsberg Austria. He spent 4 yrs in a POW. The last 6 months he spent in a military hospital in Graz Austria suffering from delusional psychosis.

He returned to Sydney Sept 1945. He lived there until .he passed away 1972.

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