User talk:Mensahe

Dear Rupert ... My father was a 2nd.5th A.G.H. man ... but I have precious few details about his service... I can tell you this enlistment # was NX28927 name : Ernest Tindall Leach aka 'Peter' or 'Big Peter' ( he was a bit of a 'man monster' 6'6 + ! ) ... I am particularly interested in when he was mobbed up & for how long ( apparently at Greeta N.S.W. ) ... but when - from / till ? . Also, exactly what date he embarked ( on Queen Mary he told me )... I know he spent some time in Palestine,Cairo ...How long ? dont know .... He was captured on Crete ...& appears to be one of the 'lucky ones' who went to Poland as a P.O.W. .... ( when on Crete he apparently was attached to the same hospital that 'Weary' was in ... ? ) In Poland he ended up in Stalag 20A ... which was part of an old castle by a river. The Commandants name was Feltwavel Benz ( Dad said to me he had a scar on his face & was called so ie. 'Scarface') ...Dad used to say he was a hard man .. but fair ( ? ).... &  "things could have been much worse". This I fail to see how ! *attempt at joke * ... I dont know when or how he was liberated ... but I believe he was in India enroute home to Aus.... If you can help by filling in ANY of the major gaps ... I would greatly appreciate your time.Mensahe (talk) 08:37, 27 March 2010 (UTC) Peter Leach 27th March 2010