A DURSLEY war veteran who escaped from a German prisoner of war camp, celebrated his 101st birthday this week. John Simmonds marked the occasion by enjoying a slice of cake and a birthday tea with his wife Freda on Monday. John was a prisoner of war at Stalag 18 - a camp in Southern Austria which was part of the Third Reich - from 1941 to 1945. The camp detained British and Commonwealth prisoners who were captured during the battles of Greece and Crete in 1941. Prisoners from the Soviet Union were also held there. A rifleman with the 1st Rangers King’s Royal Rifle Corps, John is the last known surviving veteran of the Greek campaign and was captured the 12th April 1941.
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