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863102 Corporal John Cooper

Picture of Soldier of 11th Parachute Battalion

Born: 01 Nov 1914

Company: C
Platoon: 9
Parachute Course: K78

Prisoner of War — No. 140123
  • Stalag 7A — Moosburg, Bavaria, 01 Nov 1944 – 14 Feb 1945
  • Stalag 383 — Hohenfels, Bavaria, 15 Feb 1945 – 30 Apr 1945

Released: 09 Jun 1945



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Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton; Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom this website would not have been possible.