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860215 Private Ronald Penney

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Born: 16 May 1918
Died: 03 May 2011
Age at death: 92 years, 11 months, and 17 days

Company: B
Platoon: 4

Prisoner of War — No. 14218

Captured at Arnhem, 26 Sep 1944

  • Stalag 12A — Limburg, Hessen-Nassau, 04 Oct 1944 – 25 Oct 1944
  • Stalag 4B — Mühlberg, Saxony, 01 Nov 1944 – 09 Nov 1944
  • Stalag 4A — Hohnstein/Elsterhorst, Saxony, 09 Nov 1944 – 08 May 1945
    Working camp: Dresden, 09 Nov 1944 – 08 May 1945 (Flour Mill)

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