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10666764 Private Clifford Cooke

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Born: 04 Jun 1922

Company: B
Platoon: 5

Prisoner of War — No. 89804

Captured at Arnhem, 22 Sep 1944

  • Stalag 12A — Limburg, Hessen-Nassau, 29 Sep 1944 – 10 Oct 1944
  • Stalag 11B — Fallingbostel, Hanover, 16 Oct 1944 – 08 Mar 1945
    Working camp: Velzen, 08 Mar 1945 – 12 Apr 1945 (Railway)

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