A Greece / Leros POW group to Fusilier J Campbell Royal Irish Fusiliers

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A Greece / Leros POW group to Fusilier J Campbell Royal Irish Fusiliers

  • A Greece / Leros POW group to Fusilier J Campbell Royal Irish Fusiliers

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GSM Palestine. Correctly impressed 6979193 FSR J Campbell R Ir FUS
1939/45 Star; Africa Star; Defence Medal and War Medal.
 
Condition NVF ( contacting to obverse and reverse of GSM)
 
Joseph Campbell was born in Belfast on the 27th of January 1917. He saw service in Palestine as a pre-war regular with the 2nd Bn between 1936 to 1939.
 
The 2nd Bn were on Malta during the siege and left there in June 1943. After a few months of training, the Bn was posted to Leros; the battle on the island after German paratroopers landed on 12th November 1943 was particularly vicious, with close hand to hand combat. 
 
Campbell was captured on 16th November, with the remaining British forces surrendering the next day. 
 
He was held in Stalag 4A Hohenstein.