The faded image of the returning Athabaskan POWs from Germany. AB Bill Trickett is front and center in the first row with his trademark grin.
AB Bill Trickett’s POW Experience
This entry contains photos from Willie’s Log related to his POW stay in Marlag und Milag Nord near Bremen, Germany.
The Orleans group were Athabaskans too severely injured to be sent to Germany. They were sent to an Orleans army hospital, Front-Stalag 133A. They were liberated early when Paris was taken in August 1944.Uncle Willie’s signature on the back of the paperSnapshots of the German POW campA POW issued 10 Reichspfenning note that was not legal German currency. A couple of family photos from home of his father, mother, and sister, Bill, Agnes, and Jessie.A picture of the POWs of Barrack ‘V’. Willie is back row, fourth from the left and not smiling. The middle photo appears to be a machine for boiling water. The bottom photo looks like a prisoner’s drama skit.Random photos of a violin maker, a European city street, and a group of menStockheath Naval Camp located in Portsmouth, England would have been a stopover point for the returning Athabaskan POWs after they were liberated. Dated May 11, 1945, Uncle Willie would have exchanged some Belgian Francs for British Pounds. HMS Victory was Nelson’s ship which I also visited while on a NATO deployment to Europe.A receipt for an American Red Cross package, some possible wrapping paper from something in the package, and a possible ration card dated 1 Juni 1944A much earlier photo of AB Trickett. Unsure of who Ted and Mack are but Ted might be AB Ted Hewitt who was rescued by HMCS Haida.
