Record Review Harry M.A. Cambier
Name: Harry M.A. Cambier
Army Number: 226876
Age: 23
Rank: Lt.
Function: Commander Anti Tank Platoon
Platoon-Troop-Flight: Anti Tank Platoon
Company-Squadron: Support Company
Unit-Group: 156 Battalion 4th Parachute Brigade
Division-Transport: 1st Airborne Division
Regiment: Army Air Corps Parachute Regiment
Nationality: British
Geniology: Son of Lt.-Col. Valentine Cambier and Hilda Doris Cambier.
Died when: 10-10-1944
Died where: Vorden
Spot: Unknown where person has died.
Grave number: 17
Burial location: Vorden, General Cemetery, Netherlands
Graves Overview: Overview
Personal Notes: Lt. Cambier escaped from a hospital train on 25 September together with Lt. Bussell, 3rd Para Bat. Both were assisted by the Dutch Resistance and were taken to the Zutphen area. They were arrested at the beginning of October while dressed as civilians and were shot by Ludwig Heinemann of the Gestapo in the HQ, 't Selsam House at Vorden. Heinemann was arrested on March 18th 1946. After the trial in which he was found guilty of many war crimes including the murder of at least 70 people, he was executed at Arnhem on the 10th of february 1947.


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